Osborne's doctor brother suspended for misconduct

THE brother of shadow chancellor George Osborne was yesterday suspended from practising medicine for six months for misconduct relating to prescriptions he wrote.

Dr Adam Osborne, 33, was found by a General Medical Council (GMC) panel to have behaved dishonestly in an attempt to obtain anti-psychotic medication for a cocaine-addicted escort girl he had been seeing while his partner was away.

He earlier admitted "inappropriate" behaviour in relation to the prescription, as well others he had written for a family member and his then girlfriend.

"The seriousness of your conduct is such that a signal must be made to you and your profession," panel chairwoman Alyson Leslie told him.

Dr Osborne said: "I am disappointed.

I remain committed to practising psychiatry and now wish to put this matter behind me so that I may, in time, continue with my work in this area."