Bethesda Medical Centre - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:04:00 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bethesda Medical Centre - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Christian GP who offers to pray with patients settles disciplinary case with NHS https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/09/29/christian-gp-who-offers-to-pray-with-patients-settles-disciplinary-case-with-nhs/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:51:37 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=152336 A Christian GP who offers to pray with his patients has settled a case with the NHS after they tried to impose disciplinary measures on him. Dr Richard Scott, a GP for 35 years who practices at the Bethesda Medical Centre in Margate, Kent, was set to contest a ruling by the NHS in a Read more

Christian GP who offers to pray with patients settles disciplinary case with NHS... Read more]]> A Christian GP who offers to pray with his patients has settled a case with the NHS after they tried to impose disciplinary measures on him.

Dr Richard Scott, a GP for 35 years who practices at the Bethesda Medical Centre in Margate, Kent, was set to contest a ruling by the NHS in a hearing at Ashford Tribunal Centre this week.

But his planned appeal did not go ahead on Monday after the case was settled.

The 62-year-old has previously said he refused to undergo a three-day "maintaining professional boundaries" course and said health bosses were trying to "humiliate" him.

In 2019, the National Secular Society complained that an anonymous patient "felt discomfort at the use of prayer" by Dr Scott during a visit to the GP.

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