London | A senior Indian-origin heart surgeon jailed for abusing his position to sexually assault female members of staff at a National Health Service (NHS) hospital in northern England has been struck off from practising as a doctor in the UK.

Dr Amal Krishna Bose, 55, was sentenced to six years imprisonment in September last year after being convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault, including inappropriate touching and making sexualised comments to five female members of staff at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital in Lancashire between 2017 and 2022.

Following a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing which concluded last week, Bose has been suspended and will officially face "erasure” from the General Medical Council (GMC) register at the conclusion of an appeal period.

“This person [Dr Amal Krishna Bose] has been suspended from the Medical Register and may not practise as a doctor in the UK," his GMC registration notes.

“This registrant will be erased, pending an appeal period,” it adds.

Bose, who had denied the charges against him claiming his actions were just “flirting” and “workplace banter”, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after a jury found him guilty at the end of a trial in June 2025.

“Everyone should feel able to go to work and feel safe, confident and secure but Mr Bose has undermined that by abusing his position of power to sexually assault these female members of staff and by doing so has caused enormous damage,” Detective Chief Inspector Kirsty Wyatt of Lancashire Police said after his sentencing hearing.

During the course of the trial, Bose was described as the root cause of a toxic and sexualised culture at the hospital.

Sacha Coyne, Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North West’s Rape and Serious Sexual Offence Unit, said the medic had abused his senior position and "appeared not to recognise the serious and lasting impact his actions would have, describing his behaviour at trial as workplace banter".

The court also heard how some of the women had taken time off sick due to the surgeon's actions or even left their role to avoid him.

They told the judge about feeling unsafe at work and less trusting of male colleagues.