GP 'falsehoods' for school place

A doctor gave a false address to an education department to help his lover's child get into a good school, the General Medical Council has heard.

GP Stephen Lockyer wrote a medical report which falsely stated the boy lived at his receptionist's home in Almondsbury, Bristol.

He also failed to mention he was involved with the youngster's mother.

Dr Lockyer, 55, denies being dishonest, fraudulent and unprofessional. The hearing, in Manchester, continues.

Medical report

Richard Pearce, counsel for the General Medical Council (GMC), told a Fitness to Practise Panel that Dr Lockyer had "assisted" in the deception of South Gloucestershire Education Authority.

He said the mother first applied to get her child, referred to as N, into a particular school in 2000 but was turned down.

She applied three years later when the child was aged 13, but once again failed.

In December 2003, Dr Lockyer wrote a medical report in support of an appeal made by N's mother for him to be placed at the school. The appeal was successful.

The panel heard that N's mother knew Dr Lockyer's receptionist, Elizabeth Treasure, who lived in the school's catchment area, and it was her address that was given.

Dr Lockyer admits that at the time of writing the report he knew or ought to have known that N did not and had never lived at the address given.

But he denies his intention was to mislead the authority about where N lived and help in securing his attendance at the school.