Christian GP cleared over offering to pray with patients slams ‘vexatious’ case

Dec 8, 2019 by Jill

by Nicholas Hellen, Sunday Times:

A GP who risked losing his job for offering to pray with patients has been cleared by the General Medical Council in a case that establishes the circumstances in which clinicians are allowed to use their faith in their work.

Dr Richard Scott, 59, who is a Christian, was investigated in May after the National Secular Society (NSS) said that a “highly vulnerable” patient “felt discomfort at the use of prayer”.

The GMC, which conducted a fitness to practise inquiry, said it had a duty to investigate even though the NSS admitted it did not know who the patient was, and had heard the allegations second hand.

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