Doctor faces prescription hearing

THE doctor brother of Tory Shadow Chancellor George Osborne prescribed anti-psychotic drugs to a friend displaying symptoms consistent with the side-effects of cocaine, a disciplinary hearing heard yesterday.

Dr Adam Osborne, 33, also prescribed the contraceptive pill to his then-girlfriend while working as a psychiatry trainee, the General Medical Council panel was told.

At the time the doctor, who admitted procuring the medication, had completed his first year at various hospitals in the Greater Manchester area.

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He moved to the city's Wythenshawe Hospital in January 2008, Bernadette Baxter told the hearing.

She said Mr Osborne had been aware of the GMC's guidance which instructed doctors not to prescribe for family and friends unless the case was "an absolute emergency".

Dr Osborne resigned from the trust on May 29, 2008.

The doctor is charged with prescribing drugs for his girlfriend, a family member and a friend.

It is also alleged that he failed to record this information in their medical records or inform their GPs.

He has admitted these charges but denies inappropriate, misleading conduct which was not in the best interests of the patients and in one instance dishonest.

The hearing continues.

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