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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Pat Hurst

Christian GP ‘over-stepped boundaries’ by praying with patient, tribunal rules

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A Christian doctor “overstepped the boundaries” while talking about religion and praying with a patient but is not guilty of serious misconduct, medical watchdogs have ruled.

Dr Richard Scott, a medic since 1983, began discussing religion to his vulnerable patient, including talking about his own faith, before clasping his patient’s hands in prayer, a fitness to practise tribunal of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) found.

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