Psychiatrist struck off after taking inheritance from anorexic

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Psychiatrist struck off over £1m gift after taking inheritance from anorexic13 Jan 2011

A Harley Street psychiatrist who took a £1.2 million inheritance from a former actress he treated was struck off for his “appalling†behaviour today.

Dr Rowan, 62, who appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny, prescribed former debutante May “inappropriate†doses of sedatives in the weeks before her death.

He also accepted £150,000 while she was alive, the General Medical Council heard. The eating disorder specialist, formerly of the Priory private hospital, had a “blurred and secretive†relationship with the wealthy woman.

Chairman -Glass told Rowan: “Your misconduct amounts to behaviour which would appal other medical practitioners and would shake the confidence of the public in the profession.†Miss May weighed just six stone when she died aged 66 after a fall in her Mayfair home in March, 2003.

She had been anorexic for more than 30 years and weighed food before eating it, the hearing was told. After she died more than 1,000 prescription pills including tranquillisers, antidepressants and antipsychotics, were found in her home.

Police began to investigate Rowan after discovering he also left Miss May notes which ended “Love, Pâ€. But no charges were brought and in 2007 the psychiatrist pocketed the inheritance of £1.2 million.

The GMC ruled that accepting the gifts from Miss May “fell below the standards expected of a consultant psychiatristâ€.

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Psychiatrist struck off over £1m gift after taking inheritance from anorexic13 Jan 2011

A Harley Street psychiatrist who took a £1.2 million inheritance from a former actress he treated was struck off for his “appalling†behaviour today.

Dr Rowan, 62, who appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny, prescribed former debutante May “inappropriate†doses of sedatives in the weeks before her death.

He also accepted £150,000 while she was alive, the General Medical Council heard. The eating disorder specialist, formerly of the Priory private hospital, had a “blurred and secretive†relationship with the wealthy woman.

Chairman -Glass told Rowan: “Your misconduct amounts to behaviour which would appal other medical practitioners and would shake the confidence of the public in the profession.†Miss May weighed just six stone when she died aged 66 after a fall in her Mayfair home in March, 2003.

She had been anorexic for more than 30 years and weighed food before eating it, the hearing was told. After she died more than 1,000 prescription pills including tranquillisers, antidepressants and antipsychotics, were found in her home.

Police began to investigate Rowan after discovering he also left Miss May notes which ended “Love, Pâ€. But no charges were brought and in 2007 the psychiatrist pocketed the inheritance of £1.2 million.

The GMC ruled that accepting the gifts from Miss May “fell below the standards expected of a consultant psychiatristâ€.

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Psychiatrist struck off over £1m gift after taking inheritance from anorexic13 Jan 2011

A Harley Street psychiatrist who took a £1.2 million inheritance from a former actress he treated was struck off for his “appalling†behaviour today.

Dr Rowan, 62, who appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny, prescribed former debutante May “inappropriate†doses of sedatives in the weeks before her death.

He also accepted £150,000 while she was alive, the General Medical Council heard. The eating disorder specialist, formerly of the Priory private hospital, had a “blurred and secretive†relationship with the wealthy woman.

Chairman -Glass told Rowan: “Your misconduct amounts to behaviour which would appal other medical practitioners and would shake the confidence of the public in the profession.†Miss May weighed just six stone when she died aged 66 after a fall in her Mayfair home in March, 2003.

She had been anorexic for more than 30 years and weighed food before eating it, the hearing was told. After she died more than 1,000 prescription pills including tranquillisers, antidepressants and antipsychotics, were found in her home.

Police began to investigate Rowan after discovering he also left Miss May notes which ended “Love, Pâ€. But no charges were brought and in 2007 the psychiatrist pocketed the inheritance of £1.2 million.

The GMC ruled that accepting the gifts from Miss May “fell below the standards expected of a consultant psychiatristâ€.

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Psychiatrist struck off over £1m gift after taking inheritance from anorexic13 Jan 2011

A Harley Street psychiatrist who took a £1.2 million inheritance from a former actress he treated was struck off for his “appalling†behaviour today.

Dr Rowan, 62, who appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny, prescribed former debutante May “inappropriate†doses of sedatives in the weeks before her death.

He also accepted £150,000 while she was alive, the General Medical Council heard. The eating disorder specialist, formerly of the Priory private hospital, had a “blurred and secretive†relationship with the wealthy woman.

Chairman -Glass told Rowan: “Your misconduct amounts to behaviour which would appal other medical practitioners and would shake the confidence of the public in the profession.†Miss May weighed just six stone when she died aged 66 after a fall in her Mayfair home in March, 2003.

She had been anorexic for more than 30 years and weighed food before eating it, the hearing was told. After she died more than 1,000 prescription pills including tranquillisers, antidepressants and antipsychotics, were found in her home.

Police began to investigate Rowan after discovering he also left Miss May notes which ended “Love, Pâ€. But no charges were brought and in 2007 the psychiatrist pocketed the inheritance of £1.2 million.

The GMC ruled that accepting the gifts from Miss May “fell below the standards expected of a consultant psychiatristâ€.