Trainee doctor who faked prescription for 'embarrassing' medical problem gets ...

A 'high-flying' trainee doctor who faced career ruin after she faked a prescription in an attempt to get herself antibiotics for an 'embarrassing' medical problem has escaped with a written warning.

Dr Ashleigh Williams, 28, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct after she used a colleague's name to procure Amoxicillin tablets.

The GP trainee who works at Burnley General Hospital said the tablets were for her younger sister.

Dr Ashleigh Williams, pictured previously leaving the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester with her partner, has escaped with a written warning after faking a prescription

Dr Ashleigh Williams, pictured previously leaving the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester with her partner, has escaped with a written warning after faking a prescription

She was said to be 'embarrassed' because of a medical problem she needed the prescription for. 

But she was caught out after the pharmacist became suspicious and contacted the prescribing doctor who could not recall signing off the prescription. 

The antibiotic is often used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.

Health chiefs investigated the incident but declined to take further action against Williams who was described by colleagues as a 'high-flyer' and a 'model doctor.' 

She was subsequently advised to report herself to the General Medical Council and was ordered to face a disciplinary hearing.

At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, Dr Williams, who is due to complete her training in August, was criticised for her dishonesty but a disciplinary panel said her fitness to practise medicine was not impaired.

It instead imposed a warning on the doctor's record saying she has to be 'honest and trustworthy in all communications with colleagues and patients.' 

She has since completed what was described as a 'Significant Event Analysis' of the incident.

Tribunal chair Catherine Hartley said: 'Dr Williams's dishonest conduct was a clear breach of principles relating to probity and was an example of a clearly inappropriate attempt to self-prescribe. 

The 28-year-old was caught out after the pharmacist became suspicious and contacted the prescribing doctor

The GP trainee who works at Burnley General Hospital said the Amoxicillin tablets were for her younger sister

Dr Williams was described as a 'model doctor who was reliable, efficient and good with patients'

'However the tribunal was fully satisfied that Dr Williams is a highly competent and responsible clinician who presents no risk to the health, safety and well-being of the public.

'Her misconduct was an isolated incident which took place over a short period of time and the tribunal distinguished her misconduct from dishonesty which could impact on patient care or was for financial or other personal gain. 

'None of the evidence suggests that Dr Williams is an inherently dishonest doctor.'

The incident occurred on March 26 last year after

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