The patient, a 19-year-old man with a history of ADHD, was suffering with poor mental health when he went to see Dr Scott on August 25 last year
A Christian doctor "overstepped the boundaries" while talking about religion and praying with a patient, but is not guilty of serious misconduct, medical watchdogs have ruled. Dr Richard Scott, a medic since 1983, began discussing religion with his vulnerable patient, including talking about his own faith, before clasping his patient's hands in prayer, a fitness to practise tribunal of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found.
Two weeks later the teenager's mother made a complaint to NHS England about her son's consultation with the doctor. Dr Scott told the tribunal hearing he declined the use of anti-depressants for his patient, discussed counselling then asked permission to "tackle his issues from a third, spiritual, angle".
The tribunal found that although patient B did consent to undertake a spiritual discussion, Dr Scott "then overstepped the boundaries". He should have checked the teenager was "comfortable" with engaging in such a discussion and did not feel under pressure to continue it, the tribunal ruled.
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