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A doctor has been found guilty of misleading and dishonest behaviour by a General Medical Council (GMC) panel.A doctor has been found guilty of misleading and dishonest behaviour by a General Medical Council (GMC) panel.
Dr Adam Osborne, brother of shadow chancellor George Osborne, falsified the name of a drug-addicted friend on a prescription he gave to hospital staff.Dr Adam Osborne, brother of shadow chancellor George Osborne, falsified the name of a drug-addicted friend on a prescription he gave to hospital staff.
He then obtained the drugs at a private pharmacy using an incomplete form, the hearing in London has heard. He then obtained the drugs at a private pharmacy using an incomplete form, the hearing in London heard.
Charges of misleading and dishonest behaviour in relation to that prescription were not proved. Charges of misleading and dishonest behaviour in relation to a second prescription were not proved.
Dr Osborne, a trainee at Wythenshawe Hospital in Greater Manchester at the time, had admitted prescribing drugs for a friend, family member and girlfriend but denies inappropriate conduct. Dr Osborne, a trainee at Wythenshawe Hospital in Greater Manchester at the time, admitted prescribing drugs for a friend, family member and girlfriend but denies inappropriate conduct.
The GMC says doctors can only prescribe for family and friends in emergencies.The GMC says doctors can only prescribe for family and friends in emergencies.
Dr Osborne, 33, could be struck off the medical register when the GMC panel sanctions the psychiatrist later this week. Car park meeting
Dr Osborne, 33, earlier admitted that he met a woman - referred to as Miss B - in a Wythenshawe Hospital car park in May 2008.
He went into the hospital to try to get her drugs because she was suffering hallucinations as a result of cocaine use. He left Miss B outside and falsified her name.
Alyson Leslie, chair of the disciplinary panel, said: "Attempting to obtain haloperidol and lorazepam for Miss B by writing an NHS prescription in a false name and presenting that at a hospital pharmacy was misleading.
"The panel is also satisfied that attempting to obtain haloperidol and lorazepam in those circumstances was dishonest."
The hospital refused to give the drugs to Dr Osborne so he went to a pharmacy and wrote a private prescription for the medication, leaving out Miss B's name and address.
'Acute emergency'
The panel ruled that it was not proved that this constituted misleading and dishonest behaviour.
The doctor failed to record the prescriptions in the medical records of his friend, former girlfriend and family member. Neither did he tell their GPs.
He previously told the panel he had prescribed Miss B the drugs because it was "an acute emergency".
He denied he was trying to hide the identity of the friend or conceal her presence at the hospital.
The panel will hear from another witness before deciding if Dr Osborne's fitness to practise is impaired due to misconduct. If they rule it is, he could be struck off the medical register.