Victorian doctor admits breaching medical code of conduct by asking patients to fund her teenage vape solutions clinic

A GP has acknowledged sending a ‘GoFundMe campaign to my patients breached Ahpra’s code of conduct’ in an attempt to open a vaping clinic for teenagers. Photograph: Nikolay Vinokurov/Alamy

A doctor in Victoria has admitted she breached the medical board’s code of conduct by asking her patients for $150,000 so she could start a prescription vaping clinic for teenagers and write a book, among other things.

On 14 October the GP, Dr Carolyn Beaumont, sent an email to patients stating: “You are receiving this email because you have purchased a nicotine vaping script from me in the past.”