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GP who prayed with patient found not guilty of serious misconduct

GP who prayed with patient found not guilty of serious misconduct
Dr Richard Scott | Christian Legal Centre
ET staff writer
ET staff writer
13 September, 2023 2 min read

A doctor who received a complaint after he prayed with a patient has been found not guilty of serious misconduct at a medical tribunal.

The tribunal ruled that Dr Richard Scott, from Margate in Kent, may have ‘overstepped the boundaries’, but it didn’t amount to serious misconduct.

A fitness to practise tribunal of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) accepted that the patient did give his consent to the religious discussion.

The patient, a 19-year-old man with a history of ADHD, was suffering with poor mental health when he went to see Dr Scott on August 25 last year.

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