Watchdog loses bid to suspend GP for two months under lesser-known emergency powers

The GP had been allowed to practise under conditions for over three years before the renewed attempt to suspend him.

A GP allowed to practise with conditions for over three years has fought off a fresh bid to suspend him under emergency powers while he awaited sanctions.

The GP was accused of inappropriately prescribing alprazolam to two patients in 2018 and 2019, touching one patient’s breast during a consultation and promising to “pay for [her] services” if she left her family for him.