Article: 6-month ban for suicide pills GP Doc found guilty of misconduct in treating OAP

A GP who gave sleeping pills to an elderly patient who had said she would commit suicide has been suspended from practising medicine for six months.

Family doctor Iain Kerr was found guilty of misconduct yesterday .

The 61-year-old Clarkston GP's actions were "akin to handing her a noose with which to hang herself at a time of her choosing", said Suzanne Goddard QC, counsel for the General Medical Council. "That is not the role of a doctor."

Dr Kerr, 61, based at Williamwood Health Centre in Clarkston, was criticised by a GMC panel for prescribing 30 sodium amytal pills to the woman .

Panel members found his actions to be "inappropriate, irresponsible, liable to bring the profession into ...

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