Oswestry doctor: Friendship with patient was foolish

A family doctor accused of having a 16-month affair with a patient at his surgery in Oswestry told a tribunal: 'I did not have sexual relations with that lady'.

Married GP Simon Robinson yesterday admitted to the General Medical Council (GMC) panel in Manchester he had been 'foolish' by getting too friendly with her and said she talked to him in a flirtatious way.

He told the hearing a tape said to have been recorded when alleged sexual activity took place between the two had been fabricated.

The father-of-two was accused of misconduct after the woman, named only as patient A, claimed she had secretly made two tape recordings of them meeting at the Cae Glas surgery in Oswestry, where he worked, and at her home.

She also claimed the GP sent her affectionate greetings cards at Christmas and on Valentine's Day.

"We had a friendly relationship, she would often speak in a flirtatious way and I really couldn't see any harm,'' he told the hearing.

"She quite often would ask me when I was leaving my wife to run away with her. It was always as she was leaving the room. I think she wanted more from our relationship that just didn't happen."

Dr Robinson said the patient would bring in cards and ask him to write something on them.

"I understand now that was very foolish thing to do. I wrote platonic things on the cards but they were not initiated by me," he said.

The doctor admitted he had visited her home but only after she insisted she was anxious and having chest pains.

Dr Robinson said the recording did relate to the visit he made, but he added: "Those noises did not have anything to do with myself.

"That recording is a fabrication, I visited that day but I in no way shape or form did anything sexual."

The hearing continues.

See also:

• Sex tapes fabricated, Oswestry doctor hearing told
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• Oswestry GP denies sex session claim