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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
David Humphreys

Wirral doctor set up fake appointment for sexual encounter with patient

A Wirral doctor has been suspended after setting up a fake appointment to have a sexual encounter with a patient at his surgery.

Despite knowing the man he met was a patient at his practice in Birkenhead, Dr Marc Paton agreed to set up a bogus encounter to facilitate the pair being able to meet in his surgery to act out a sexual fantasy.

A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service report revealed how Dr Paton also checked the practice’s database to find out if the man was a patient at the surgery.

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