Campaign Against Antisemitism Names Four NHS Doctors Over Posts on Jews, Israel and October 7
The Campaign Against Antisemitism has published profiles of four NHS doctors it accuses of sharing inflammatory material about Jews, Israel and the October 7 attack. One doctor has apologised, and two hospitals have responded.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has named four doctors working in Britain's National Health Service over social media posts it calls inflammatory, from celebratory imagery of the October 7 attack to conspiracy material about Jews and Israel. The group published profiles of the four on Thursday, October 1, with links to screenshots and archived copies of the posts, which date from 2023 to 2026.
The Telegraph first reported the cases on September 30. The profiles are allegations by an advocacy group: publicly reported responses so far do not establish a suspension of the four doctors or an adverse finding against them by the General Medical Council (GMC), the body that licenses doctors in the United Kingdom.
The four doctors and the allegations
According to the CAA, Mohamed Saad Rashad is an ophthalmology consultant at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals. The group alleges he shared celebratory imagery of the October 7 attack and, later, conspiracy material.
The CAA describes Shabina Sultan as a rheumatologist and osteoporosis lead at Airedale, and alleges she posted inflammatory comments concerning Jews and "resistance". It identifies Jawad Azhar as a consultant in gastroenterology and acute medicine at Good Hope Hospital and alleges he shared inflammatory material concerning Israel.
The fourth, Sajid Aslam, is described by the group as a cardiologist in Stockport with former hospital affiliations. The CAA alleges he published conspiratorial statements on LinkedIn. The four are among several medical practitioners profiled on the same CAA page.
An apology and two hospital responses
Rashad told The Telegraph he was "deeply sorry". He said he rejected antisemitism, terrorism and support for Hamas, and that some of the material had been reshared without sufficient consideration.
Louise Stead, chief executive of Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals, said the trust learned of the posts through The Telegraph, rejected the views expressed and had taken action under its policies, Israel National News reported.
Airedale said it provides staff with guidance on social media use and would consider the concerns raised.
What the regulator says about complaints
The GMC told The Telegraph that several complaints can concern a single doctor or a single incident, so the number of complaints it receives is not a count of separate cases.
Three years after the Hamas massacre
The posts span the period since the October 7 attack, in which Hamas terrorists murdered about 1,200 people in Israel and abducted 251 as hostages. Israel marked the third anniversary of the massacre this week.
