Meir GP welcomed back to his practice after disciplinary hearing
PATIENTS have backed their doctor who had to appear before a disciplinary hearing for prescribing penicillin to a woman allergic to the drug.
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal of the General Medical Council decided not to punish Dr Richard Aw, of Willow Bank practice, in Meir.
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SUPPORT: Dr Richard Aw.
The panel described the error more than four years ago as a one-off incident which he had admitted and apologised to the patient for.
The woman twice told him of her allergy when he prescribed the antibiotic for a chest infection as he worked as a locum at a different practice in Stoke-on-Trent.
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After taking just one tablet she needed emergency hospital treatment for the reaction to the penicillin.
Last night, Willow Bank business manager Ian Gibson said: "We are looking forward to Dr Aw returning to the practice on October 29 after a short break.
"He is well thought of by the patients who have supported him."
The panel ruled that the blunder had not impaired his fitness to practise and decided against even issuing with a warning after hearing he had taken education courses to prevent a repeat.
Comments
by rose_angel
Friday, October 19 2012, 9:58PM
“Dr Aw is not the only doctor to have made this mistake i have a family member with the same allergy and she to has been given medication which contained penicillin, on 3 different occasions over the years, all at the same doctors surgery, but by different doctors, when she complained nothing was done, she was told it had been dealt with, she just now makes sure she asks at the chemist to check the ingredients.”
by greyguitar
Friday, October 19 2012, 10:08AM
“"........after hearing he had taken education courses to prevent a repeat". - I thought the education occurred before doctors began to practise. And I think the patients who it is claimed supported him, need to ask themselves are they supporting him because he is a nice man or because he is a good doctor?”