{"id":84,"date":"2026-04-19T07:37:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:31:38","slug":"the-case-of-malcolm-leslie-rushton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/the-case-of-malcolm-leslie-rushton\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Rushton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location: <strong>NW\/London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final determination:<\/strong> 17 October 2025<br><strong>BPC case reference:<\/strong> COM17-24<br><strong>Registrant:<\/strong> Malcolm Rushton<br><strong>Sanction:<\/strong> Withdrawal of Registration<br><strong>Institution:<\/strong> Society for Analytical Psychology (SAP)&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesap.org.uk\/events\/meeting-borderland-patients-in-their-inner-void\/\">https:\/\/www.thesap.org.uk\/events\/meeting-borderland-patients-in-their-inner-void\/<\/a><br><strong>Source:<\/strong> BPC Final Determination<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpc.org.uk\/download\/16030\/COM17-24-Final-Determination-Stages-1-and-2-171025.pdf\">https:\/\/www.bpc.org.uk\/download\/16030\/COM17-24-Final-Determination-Stages-1-and-2-171025.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Case Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malcolm Rushton was found to have engaged in serious sexual misconduct within the therapeutic relationship, involving abuse of power imbalance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Risk Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The determination records:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a vulnerable patient<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>abuse of professional authority<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>serious boundary violations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a real risk of repetition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ongoing clinical practice during the investigation period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BPC Outcome<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Withdrawal of Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This reflects a finding that continued practice posed a risk to patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wider Public Protection Question<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BPC\u2019s procedures allow for escalation to police and safeguarding bodies where risk or harm is identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The determination records serious misconduct and ongoing risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key question is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What safeguarding or escalation steps were taken while the registrant remained in practice during active jurisdiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Determination Gap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The determination does not clearly evidence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>police referral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>safeguarding referral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>structured escalation during investigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cross-Case Context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In <strong>French (COM11-24)<\/strong>, similar findings led to removal from the register, but again without clear evidence of safeguarding escalation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <strong>West (COM04-22)<\/strong>, boundary breaches were found but the practitioner remained in practice, again without evidenced wider safeguarding response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Systemic Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rushton highlights the same systemic issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Serious misconduct is identified, but wider safeguarding action is not evidenced alongside the disciplinary outcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: NW\/London Final determination: 17 October 2025BPC case reference: COM17-24Registrant: Malcolm RushtonSanction: Withdrawal of RegistrationInstitution: Society for Analytical Psychology (SAP)&nbsp; https:\/\/www.thesap.org.uk\/events\/meeting-borderland-patients-in-their-inner-void\/Source: BPC Final Determinationhttps:\/\/www.bpc.org.uk\/download\/16030\/COM17-24-Final-Determination-Stages-1-and-2-171025.pdf Case Summary Malcolm Rushton was found to have engaged in serious sexual misconduct within the therapeutic relationship, involving abuse of power imbalance. Risk Findings The determination records: BPC Outcome Withdrawal of &#8230; <a title=\"Malcolm Rushton\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/the-case-of-malcolm-leslie-rushton\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Malcolm Rushton\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-12","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malcolmrushton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}