A GP has failed to convince a tribunal that a complaint about her controlled drug prescribing was defamatory and that a report critical of her practice was fabricated.

Based in Melbourne’s inner west, she launched an appeal against a Medical Board of Australia decision to impose conditions requiring her to be supervised when prescribing S8 drugs and undergo three-monthly audits.

Having been a doctor for 50 years, she was also ordered to undertake 20 hours of one-on-one education.

But during the hearing at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) last month, it emerged that her main concern was not the conditions imposed on her practice.