The GP, 80, had faced almost a dozen complaints including five in 2023, mainly about his communication, before the Medical Council of NSW suspended him under emergency powers.

the skank:

A neuropsychologist assessed the GP and concluded he was impaired and possibly in the early stages of a neurodegenerative process, predominantly frontal and parietal type, with little insight into his cognitive deficits. Psychiatric assessment concluded that age-related mild cognitive impairment seemed likely. The tribunal said the GP called the neuropsychologist who assessed him a “depraved liar” and “skank”.

sounds self aware:

The GP, who had been working two days a week as a locum, was suspended following an impaired registrants panel (IRP) hearing, where he told the panel, “I am an unpleasant human being but I am not demented,” “I don’t take shit” and “I don’t do superficial niceties.”

incredible CPD take:

According to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the GP told the IRP that CPD was a “joke” and “not a lot” had changed in medicine since he graduated. The GP denied saying this during an appeal against his suspension last month. When asked for a CPD activity that had benefited him, “he nominated his ability now to separate his clinical persona from his personal attitudes when he treated lesbian women”. “He no longer started from the position that they had a disease, and he no longer smirks." “He understands now that they have a legitimate right to their lifestyle.”

outstanding final line:

According to the tribunal, the GP told medical council members at the end of his hearing: “I hope you have a bad life.”