Citation

Dyer C. BMJ 2014; 349: g5804.

Affiliation

The BMJ.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.g5804

PMID

25249617

Abstract

A GP who told a patient to “jolly well go and do it now” after she threatened to kill herself has been suspended for three months by a fitness to practise panel.

Arun Singhal, 65, also told the patient, “If you don’t know how to do it, it’s on the internet.” He was unaware that she was secretly recording the consultation.

A panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service concluded that Singhal had probably not taken seriously the suicide threats of the woman, referred …

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