GP who had “wholly inappropriate” relations with patient is struck off

A GP who engaged in a “wholly inappropriate” sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient has been struck off the UK medical register by a High Court judge, after the General Medical Council successfully appealed against a decision to suspend him for 12 months.1

A medical practitioners tribunal suspended Robert Stone, 62, for the maximum 12 months in August 2016. At a review hearing in August 2017 the tribunal decided that his fitness to practise was …