Doctor suspended after prescribing weight-loss injections to boyfriend

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By Erin Dean

A doctor who acted dishonestly while prescribing weight-loss injections to her boyfriend has been suspended for 9 months.

Dr Josevania Martins concealed she was a doctor to the man, known as Mr B, while prescribing a pen of Ozempic and another of Wegovy.

Dr Martins told Mr B that the prescriptions were filled in by a colleague, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found.

One of the prescriptions listed a made-up clinic as her clinical address, which the doctor said was a “protective measure taken for her own privacy”.

Dr Martins wrote prescriptions for the drugs in December 2023 and February 2024 to help Mr B lose weight, the tribunal heard.

Mr B made his first complaint about her to the General Medical Council shortly after their relationship ended.

He said he didn’t realise the prescriptions were by Dr Martins despite being in her name, and he thought it was a “random doctor”.