Dr Richard Scott is a Christian and GP at Bethesda Medical Centre in Margate, Kent, who says that he offers prayer to patients occasionally – estimating he offers prayer to about one in every forty patients.
The GMC, which says it protects patients and supports healthcare providers by improving medical practice, wrote to Dr Richard Scott on 7th June saying it had received “some information” from the National Secular Society and would begin a fitness to practice investigation.
The National Secular Society raised concern after someone they say was described as “highly vulnerable” by an acquaintance was made to feel uncomfortable by his use of prayer.
The NSS said: “The acquaintance told the NSS that the patient felt unable to express discomfort and was not able to raise the matter formally or change GP practice.”
Tim Dieppe from campaign group Christian Concern, which is supporting him, told Premier’s News Hour that Dr Scott always asks his patients if they’re open to discussion: “Sometimes they’re not, and that he respects that and other times they are and they engage in the conversation.
“The National Secular Society are being very aggressive in saying he should be struck-off for having conversations about spirituality once he’s done his clinical GP responsibilities in the appointment with his patients and I think that’s way over the top. He’s a very good doctor…
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