Monday, 6 August 2018

Warning over online GPs as struck-off doctor discovered using loophole to prescribe 'unsafe' drugs

Warning over online GPs as struck-off doctor discovered using loophole to prescribe 'unsafe' drugs The health care regulator is calling for greater powers to protect patients from online GPs after a struck-off doctor was discovered using a loophole to prescribe "unsafe" drugs.

An online company set-up by former doctor Julian Eden prescribed "dangerous" drugs to patients whose own GPs would be highly unlikely to prescribe to them, an investigation by Panorama found.

It will reveal how a loophole in legislation allows Eden's company, EuroRX, to prescribe medication because it is based overseas. The Daily Telegraph

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