A DOCTOR who was suspended after having sex with a drunken patient in a bath has now been told he is fit to practise again.
Jonathan Miller was working for Derbyshire's out-of-hours GP service in 2009 when he was called to the Derby city centre home of a patient, who said she had bone cancer and had taken too many painkillers.
In 2011, Dr Miller admitted to the General Medical Council that he had sexual intercourse with the woman, but told police that he thought he was "doing good" for her.
During the hearing, the council decided to suspend him for 12 months and, at a separate hearing in June last year to review his case, said his fitness to continue practising as a doctor was still "impaired".
But the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service – which took over the running of the hearings from the council last year – has now decided at a third hearing Dr Miller is fit to practise.
It said he had demonstrated "insight and understanding" of the incident, it accepted he was "a good doctor" and he had kept his "professional skills, competence and abilities up to date".
A spokesman for the panel said: "While the panel notes that the misconduct in 2009 was very serious, it considers the public interest has now been served and that safeguarding the reputation of the profession has been addressed by that period of restricted practise."
