A consultant neurologist says he has been vindicated after disciplinary proceedings over allegations that his Catholic beliefs had prejudiced expert evidence he gave in court were dropped.
Patrick Pullicino, 74, who is also a Catholic priest, faced an investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC) after an academic who campaigns to promote advance decisions to refuse treatment accused him of having expressed “pro-life values” during legal proceedings.
Lawyers for the doctor said that, prior to the allegations, he had never faced a fitness to practise investigation in his 50-year medical career.
The investigation was begun over Pullicino’s role in a case that gained international attention in 2020. It involved an application to the Court of Protection for the removal of nutrition and fluids from an
