More General Medical Council Loony Tunes

The GMC has struck off Dr Pushpa Kaushal for the irresponsible treatment of 15 patients at two care homes she ran, deemed as “nothing short of scandalous”.

The overseeing body felt the doctor’s actions between January and October, 2006, had shown a reckless disregard for patient safety, did serious harm to others, violated patients’ rights, was dishonest, had a lack of insight into consequences and put her own interests before those of the patients.

Along with providing below-par care and poor record-keeping, mistakes included taking on seven extra patients she was unable to provide proper care for, putting them in danger. Dr Kaushal, from Kidderminster, also broke the law by providing medical service at Areley House and made basic errors with prescriptions.

A GMC spokeswoman said: “The recurrent theme in this case has been the failure in Dr Kaushal’s duty to discharge her responsibilities with regard to two care homes. In relation to Areley House, the panel found that she had failed 13 patients in a number of respects and for Shenstone House, Dr Kaushal blatantly disregarded the regulations, broke the law, and two patients came to harm. A failure to make the necessary improvements at Shenstone House affected patient care and eventually led to the closure of the home. The panel concurs with the submission that these failings were ‘nothing short of scandalous’.”

The GMC have allowed “Dr” Jane Barton to continue to practise after oversubscribing drugs to patients at Gosport War memorial Hospital.

The doctor at the centre of almost 100 suspicious deaths at a Hampshire hospital said last week she routinely prescribed large doses of painkillers and sedatives because she "didn't want any of her patients to suffer unnecessarily".

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