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Prove yourself, doctor ordered

...And he failed to make an urgent appointment for a 78-year-old patient suffering from bowel problems.The doctor wrongly diagnosed the patient as suffering from irritable bowel syndrome when he should have arranged for cancer tests.As the complaints about Carlisle grew, partners at the surgery decided the locum should go but he turned up the next week as if nothing had happened.When the doctor's notes were examined it was discovered that out of the 139 patients Carlisle saw between July 5 and July 9, 2004, he had not made entries for a dozen of them.The panel will reconvene the week commencing September 25 this year to conclude the hearing.Although Carlisle, of Primrose Road, Norwich, admitted sloppy treatment in relation to some of the patients, he denied his assessments, diagnoses and prescribing were deficient or below the standard expected of a doctor.The doctor's registration is currently suspended.

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