The medic, 52, is being probed after he asked the woman to take off her niqab, saying he could not hear her describing her daughter's symptoms. The Daily Mail reports Dr Wolverson will step down regardless of the outcome of the investigation. (Image: stokesentinel.co.uk/ WS)She said Dr Wolverson had demanded her to remove the veil, even though she refused to take it off due to religious reasons. She claims the GP said he would not continue the consultation until she removed her niqab, saying he was "rude" and "gave her a dirty look". He said that any "stronger" sanction would be unfortunate, and insisted Dr Wolverson be put on a diversity awareness course to deter future incidents from happening again.

Source: Daily Mirror May 20, 2019 09:15 UTC