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A medical practitioners tribunal has struck off a GP who it found had told a litany of lies to colleagues, employers, and appraisers and had improperly charged patients for treatment, pocketing the money.
Sri Subramaniam was referred to the General Medical Council by NHS England after an Australian patient who had attended an out-of-hours clinic in Oxford complained that the doctor had failed to examine him properly. The patient produced a handwritten receipt and said that Subramaniam had charged him £80 (€90; $105) cash, the money he had on him, after telling him he was not eligible for free NHS treatment. The patient had not intended to complain about the payment, not having realised it was improper.
NHS England began investigating Subramaniam and notified the GMC, whose inquiry drew forth a lengthy catalogue of complaints from two Oxford area practices where he had worked. Former colleagues from those practices would eventually testify at his disciplinary hearing...