The psychiatrist brother of Chancellor George Osborne is to go back before the General Medical Council (GMC) after he admitted having sex with a vulnerable patient who had been under his care, a disciplinary panel has heard.
Dr Adam Osborne, who is currently suspended by the GMC, admitted that he had engaged in an "inappropriate" emotional and sexual relationship with the woman, despite being her private psychiatrist.
The woman, referred to as Patient A, had been under Dr Osborne's care between February 2011 and late 2014 and had a history of mental ill health, the Press Association reported.
Dr Adam Osborne, the brother of Chancellor George Osborne, has admitted having sex with a vulnerable patient
It is not the first time the younger brother of the Chancellor has been in the spotlight for medical failings.
In 2010 he was suspended from practicing medicine for six months after writing fraudulent prescriptions for a girlfriend, a family member and a female escort whilst a psychiatry trainee at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.
The GMC found that Dr Osborne had "behaved dishonestly" after attempting to obtain anti-psychotic medication for a cocaine-addicted woman he had been seeing while his partner was away.
As a result, the tribunal said the misconduct, which related to incidents between June 2006 and May 2008, impaired his fitness to practice.
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Dr Osborne, who qualified as a doctor in 2004, did not attend the latest Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing sitting in Manchester.
Instead, the tribunal will make a decision on the allegation that his fitness to practice is impaired by reason of misconduct in his absence when it is formally opened on Tuesday.
Dr Osborne admits that he knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the woman was a vulnerable patient because of her history of mental ill health.
He further admits that between February 14 2015 and February 24 2015 he sent inappropriate emails to Patient A requesting that she withdraw her complaint to the GMC against him, and threatening her and her family. He also accused the woman of seducing him.
The hearing is due to last 10 days.