A GP who prescribed drugs to herself and to her family then lied about it to appraisers has been allowed to return to practice after her efforts at remediation convinced a medical practitioners tribunal that “there was no longer a significant risk” of misconduct.
Julia Piper, 66, who has run a private practice in Leicester since 1995, was suspended for nine months last May and told that she could not resume work until she had attended a review hearing where “the onus would be on Dr Piper to demonstrate how she had further developed her insight and maintained an …