The identity of the doctor was anonymised for the inquiry, as was that of witness A, to avoid jigsaw identification of the doctor. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
A doctor who wrote an inappropriate prescription for a friend on a pad belonging to a hospital he no longer worked for has consented, before a Medical Council fitness-to-practise inquiry, to be censured.
The doctor also agreed to not repeat the conduct which was the subject of the complaint and to complete a prescribing course before returning to practise medicine.
The inquiry on Monday heard that on September 29th, 20
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