A Kildare-based GP has been found guilty of professional misconduct over his failure to wear a mask at his clinic during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as allowing a poster containing false and misleading information about Covid vaccines in his surgery.
A fitness-to-practise committee of the Medical Council found several allegations of professional misconduct against Dr Neville Wilson of The Harbour Medical Clinic, Kilcock, Co Kildare proven, including his failure to ensure staff and patients in his surgery also wore masks.
However, Dr Wilson was cleared of several other allegations arising from his interactions with two visitors to his surgery during the pandemic.
Announcing the committee's findings on Friday, the chairperson of the inquiry, Jill Long, said some allegations were not proven as there had been a dispute in the evidence between the two complainants and Dr Wilson and his receptionist about the exact words which had been used.