Background
2. On 19 April 2022, the GMC received a complaint from AB, a senior research fellow and lecturer in
nutrition and dietetics and DJ, a senior weight management dietitian, about Dr Larmie’s
‘disrespectful behaviour on social media (henceforth ‘AB’s complaint)’. AB provided a copy of a
comment posted by Dr Larmie on the social media platform X (which was formally known as
Twitter and which will be referred to as such in this determination). The comment said:
‘If you’re a cishet white man that is. I dislike your species as a general rule and you gotta work
real damn hard to get into my good books’.
3. On 30 June 2022, a different individual - DG, a director for an eating disorders organisation,
complained to the GMC and provided a screenshot of another Twitter comment from Dr Larmie.
The tweet included a photograph of a dog, under which it said:
‘Am considering getting a T-shirt made with this little cutie’s face on it which reads
“WARNING: my dog gets anxious around white people (and so do I)”. What do you think?’
4. The date on which Dr Larmie posted these comments is not evident from the papers.
5. Dr Larmie holds registration as a general practitioner but, at the time that the above complaints
were received, was not in clinical practice. Dr Larmie has stated that he holds roles as an author,
educator and activist. Dr Larmie has no relevant fitness to practise history with the GMC.
6. On 3 October 2023 the GMC wrote to Dr Larmie to inform him that an investigation of his fitness
to practise had been opened following the complaints from AB and DG.
7. On 21 December 2023, once the investigation was complete, the GMC wrote to Dr Larmie under
rule 7 of the Rules. Their letter provided Dr Larmie with the information and the allegations that
would be considered, and offered him an opportunity to comment before the case was referred
to the GMC case examiners.
8. On 19 January 2024, the GMC wrote to Dr Larmie under rules 7 and 11 of the Rules informing
him that the GMC case examiners had considered their case and advised that it could be
concluded by issuing a warning. The letter gave Dr Larmie the opportunity to accept the warning
proposed by the case examiners and to submit representations for their consideration before
they made a final decision on the outcome of the case.
9. Following correspondence with the GMC investigation officer, on 9 February 2024 Dr Larmie
confirmed that he was refusing to accept the warning proposed by the GMC case examiners. The
case was therefore referred to this Committee by the case examiners and it is convened today to
determine whether a warning should be issued.
