TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Tribunal suspends GP after he told patient who was threatening suicide to go ahead JO - BMJ A1 - Dyer, Clare SP - g5804 EP - g5804 VL - 349 IS - N2 -

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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LA - en SN - 0959-535X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5804 ID - ref1 ER -