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| Media doctor's future in balance | Media doctor's future in balance |
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| Celebrity psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud's future as a doctor is in the balance after a disciplinary hearing found his fitness to practise was impaired. | |
| Dr Persaud had admitted plagiarising others' work in a book and a series of articles - but denied being dishonest. | Dr Persaud had admitted plagiarising others' work in a book and a series of articles - but denied being dishonest. |
| But the hearing rejected his defence this week and ruled he had brought his profession into disrepute. | But the hearing rejected his defence this week and ruled he had brought his profession into disrepute. |
| The General Medical Council now needs to decide what action to take - this could include him being struck off. | |
| However, the panel could also just impose restrictions on his work as a doctor, suspend him for a period of time, issue a warning or take no sanction at all. | However, the panel could also just impose restrictions on his work as a doctor, suspend him for a period of time, issue a warning or take no sanction at all. |
| In a statement, the panel said it acknowledged patients had not been harmed. | In a statement, the panel said it acknowledged patients had not been harmed. |
| But added it had "responsibility to protect the public interest, particularly with reference to maintaining public confidence in the profession and upholding proper standards of conduct and behaviour". | But added it had "responsibility to protect the public interest, particularly with reference to maintaining public confidence in the profession and upholding proper standards of conduct and behaviour". |
| Dr Persaud is a former presenter of BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind, and appeared regularly on the television chat show This Morning. | Dr Persaud is a former presenter of BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind, and appeared regularly on the television chat show This Morning. |
| Dr Persaud admitted plagiarising four research papers for his 2003 book From The Edge of The Couch. | Dr Persaud admitted plagiarising four research papers for his 2003 book From The Edge of The Couch. |
| He also admitted copying the work of two foreign academics for five articles he wrote for publications including the British Medical Journal and The Independent. | He also admitted copying the work of two foreign academics for five articles he wrote for publications including the British Medical Journal and The Independent. |
| He claimed he was in a confused mental state at the time because of the pressure of juggling his NHS and media work. | He claimed he was in a confused mental state at the time because of the pressure of juggling his NHS and media work. |
| But Dr Anthony Morgan, chair of the GMC Fitness to Practise panel, had said he must have known his actions "would be considered dishonest by ordinary people". | But Dr Anthony Morgan, chair of the GMC Fitness to Practise panel, had said he must have known his actions "would be considered dishonest by ordinary people". |
| Dr Persaud, 45, was first seen alongside Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan on This Morning in 1994. | Dr Persaud, 45, was first seen alongside Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan on This Morning in 1994. |
| He has combined a high profile media career, with an equally successful career in psychiatry, and is currently employed as a consultant psychiatrist for the south London and Maudsley NHS Trust. |