TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - GP who faked assault by patient to get him removed from list is suspended for 12 months
JO  - BMJ
A1  - Dyer, Clare
SP  - q1754
EP  - q1754
VL  - 386
IS  - 
N2  - A senior GP has been suspended from the UK medical register for 12 months after faking an assault on him by a patient in a bid to get the patient removed from the practice's list.     Gurkirit Kalkat, who had failed in previous attempts to persuade Patient A to change to another practice, threw himself against a door and hit himself in the chest before pressing a panic button during a consultation, Patient A told a medical practitioners tribunal.     Kalkat, 58, did not attend the hearing and was not represented, although he denied the allegation in a statement. But the tribunal concluded that it was more likely than …<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-535X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1754
ID  - ref1
ER  -