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Doctor escapes being struck off Doctor escapes being struck off
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A doctor who prescribed "potentially hazardous" levels of drugs to patients has been found guilty of professional misconduct, a panel has decided. A doctor who prescribed "potentially hazardous" levels of drugs to elderly patients who later died has escaped being struck off.
But Dr Jane Barton but will be allowed to practice under certain conditions, the General Medical Council has ruled. Dr Jane Barton will be allowed to continue working despite being found guilty of serious professional misconduct.
She was accused of a series of failings in her treatment of 12 elderly patients at Hampshire's Gosport War Memorial Hospital in the late 1990s. She was accused of a series of failings in her care of 12 patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in Hampshire.
The GMC panel had already made a string of findings against Dr Barton. Relatives of the patients reacted angrily to the decision.
They walked out of the hearing in central London.
Iain Wilson, the son of Robert Wilson, shouted: "You should hang your head in shame."
The General Medical Council (GMC) panel had already made a string of findings against Dr Barton.