Yug SHANKAR

On 6-7 May 2025 you made two comments in response to posts on Twitter/X that were objectively racist on grounds of nationality and/or objectively discriminatory on grounds of nationality and/or seriously offensive. This conduct does not meet with the standards required of a doctor. It risks undermining public protection, specifically public confidence in the profession, and it must not be repeated. The required standards are set out in Good medical practice and associated guidance. In this case, Good medical practice paragraph 81 and Using social media as a medical professional in particular paragraphs 7 and 14 are both relevant with regards to this case. Good medical practice: 81 You must make sure that your conduct justifies patients’ trust in you and the public’s trust in your profession. Using social media as a medical professional: 7 How you behave when using social media matters. Medical professionals, like everyone else, have rights to freedom of belief, privacy, and expression. But exercising these rights when using social media as a medical professional has to be balanced with the possible impact on other people’s rights and interests. 14 You must not use social media to abuse, discriminate against, bully, harass or deliberately target any individual or group. Whilst this failing in itself is not so serious as to require any restriction on your registration, it is necessary in response to issue this formal warning. This warning will be published on the medical register in line with our publication and disclosure policy, which can be found at www.gmc-uk.org/disclosurepolicy.