Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Health › GP Sarah Benn has suspension extended over climate protests
Health

GP Sarah Benn has suspension extended over climate protests

BMJ (British Medical Journal) Tuesday 09 June 2026, 12:56 UTC By Adrian O'Dowd 1 min read
Key Points

The retired GP and climate activist Sarah Benn has had her suspension from the medical register extended again after a tribunal. Benn was initially suspended for five months in April 2024 for breaching court orders and for contempt of court while taking part in climate change protests at an oil terminal in 2022.1In 2023 she pleaded guilty to criminal damage after chalk spraying the gates and a wall at a company involved in animal testing. She was referred for a second hearing at the Medical...

The retired GP and climate activist Sarah Benn has had her suspension from the medical register extended again after a tribunal.Benn was initially suspended for five months in April 2024 for breaching court orders and for contempt of court while taking part in climate change protests at an oil terminal in 2022.1In 2023 she pleaded guilty to criminal damage after chalk spraying the gates and a wall at a company involved in animal testing. She was referred for a second hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), which then suspended her for 12 months in June of last year.2 Last week (5 June) she was suspended for a further 12 months after a fresh MPTS hearing.Benn qualified in 1990 and spent 32 years in clinical practice, working as a GP for most of her career before retiring in 2022. In 2022 she attended climate protests on three occasions at...
Sarah Benn (PERSON) GP (ORG) Benn (PERSON) the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (ORG) MPTS (ORG)
Originally published by BMJ (British Medical Journal) Read original →

Related Stories

What happens when a gas company abandons an entire city?

Many households want to electrify. But who pays when the gas utility walks away? Jun 2026 at 4:56am In the expanse of his restaurant's kitchen, Les Palmer fixes a trained eye on the grill.

ABC Australia 35m ago

Colts' Pierce could be out well into training camp...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce, fresh off his four-year $114 million contract extension, still faces many weeks of recovery from left ankle surgery he underwent in March, he said Wednesday. The return timeline, which Pierce said can range from four to six months, could keep him out well into training camp and past the preseason. Pierce tried to avoid surgery, but consistent soreness in his ankle last season strongly suggested the issue needed to be addressed, he said.

ESPN 45m ago

Americans born after 1970 face higher death rates from several major causes in middle age

Americans born after 1970 are dying faster than their parents did, data shows. New analysis from Tufts University reveals that Gen Xers and millennials are failing to outlive their predecessors, dying at higher rates from common chronic illnesses and external causes than previous generations did when they were the same age. Data shows that U.S. life expectancy has steadily improved for most of the 20th century, meaning each generation generally lived longer than the one before it.

Fox News 57m ago

First ever guidelines released to screen for condition that impacts 9 in 10 Americans

First ever guidelines released to screen for condition that impacts 9 in 10 Americans Doctors say earlier screening could help save lives - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Some 90 percent of Americans have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic – or CKM – syndrome, a term for potentially life-threatening conditions that are all connected. Now, experts at the American Heart Association say more of the country should be screened for one particular risk factor in the...

The Independent World 59m ago