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File Number: Med14/282D

Practitioner: Dr H

Hearing Start Date:

Hearing End Date:

Hearing Town/City:

Hearing Location:

Charge Characteristics:

Treatment - followup inadequate/inappropriate (Not Established)

Additional Orders:

Name Suppression to Practitioner

Practitioner granted interim suppression of name and identifying features

619Med14282p.pdf

Name Suppression to Complainant and/or Patient and/or client

Patient granted permanent suppression of name and identifying features

620Med14282d.pdf

Name Suppression to Practitioner

Granted permanent suppression of name and identifying features

652Med14282d.pdf

Name Suppression to Witness/s and/or Family of parties

Practitioners wife, practice and retirement village granted permanent suppression of name and identifying features

652Med14282d.pdf

Appeal Order:

Decision:

Full Decision 652Med14282d.pdf

Appeal Decision:

Precis of Decision:

Charge
On 10 September 2014 the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal) issued a decision on a charge of professional misconduct laid by the Director of Proceedings against Dr H, a medical practitioner (the Doctor).

The charge alleged that the Doctor had failed to adequately follow-up and/or investigate the cause of abnormal blood test results for the patient on four different occasions.

Finding
The Doctor admitted the charge and that it was of sufficient severity to warrant disciplinary sanction.
The Tribunal considered all the material presented to it at the hearing and found there was insufficient evidence of professional misconduct on the part of the Doctor either in acts or omissions. The Tribunal considered there was not sufficient evidence that on any of the dates mentioned in the charge the Doctor failed adequately to follow-up or investigate the cause for abnormal blood test results for the Patient.

The Charge was dismissed.