Former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freemaꦕn is at risk of being struck off the Briti༒sh medical register after it was ruled on Thursday that his fitness to practice is impaired.

The verdict comes six days after Freeman was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:found guilty of ordering banned substance ꦿtestosterone ‘knowing or believing’ it was for꧋ a rider.

The tribunal will now decide on a sanction, which could range from conditions being imposed 📖on Freeman to a suspension or, in the most severe case, him losing his medical licence entirely. That sanction could come as soon as the end of this week.

Following last Friday’s verdict surrounding the testosterone delivery,💃 which was central to the General Medical Council’s case against Freeman, the tribunal reconvened on Wednesday to discuss whether his fitness to practice was impaired in light of the findings.

"The Tribunal bore in mind that Dr Freeman's misconduct involved a number of signif🦩icant elements, including serious dishonesty, as well as be𓆉haviour which could have placed patients at unwarranted risk of harm," read the verdict.

"It concluded that public confidence in the profession𝔉 would be undermined if a finding of impairment were not mad♕e."

The tribunal has already gone back into session to move to the next stage of the process and discussions surr♔ounding a sanction. Dates have been set a🐎side in early May, but the tribunal is now expected to be able to hand down a final decision by the end of the current window on Friday, March 19.

That would finally bring the process to an end after more than two years, alth♑ough there are still question marks over the testosterone delivery, who it was ordered for and a new UK Anti-Doping investigation that is underway.

On Thursday, the tribunal considered four fundamental discretions and concluded on all counts that Freeman had fallen short 🔯in the past 'and/or' 𒁃was liable to do so in the future:

• Acting so as to put p🔴atient or patients at unwarranted risk of harm

• Bringing the medical profession in♎to disrepute

• Breaching one of the fundamental te♐nets 🦩of the medical profession

• Acting dishonestly

The tribunal was particularly damning when it came to Freeman's dishonesty, noting that he had undertaken "🧸no💯 serious process of reflection or remediation" over his conduct.

Freeman initially lied during a UKAD investigation, claiming he did not order the testosterone and later obtaining a forged returns receipt from the supplier. When the tribunal finally ope💮ned, he admitted ordering it but claimed it was to treat erectile dysfunction in coach Shane Sutton, which Sutton vehemently denied.

"While noting that Dr Freeman had made admissions to some oꦦf 🀅the dishonesty, and had offered written reflections in these regards, The Tribunal considered that the purpose of these admissions were to enable him to continue to perpetuate the bigger deception which continued into this hearing," read Thursday's verdict.

Freeman's legal team were free to call witnesses✃ as character references but did not do so. Supporting evidence came in the form of written testimonials, a certificate of attendance at an 'Introduction to Confidentiality' course last month, and an appraisal report from last year.

The tribunal found that F🌠reeman's conduct in relation to clinical concerns and record management was remediable, but deemed that Freeman had only 'developing insight' in that regard, rather than the process being 'cꦓomplete'.

On the whole, ꦓthe tribunal found 'serious misconduct' in a number of areas and determined that Freeman's actions "would be considered as deplorable by me⛎mbers of the public and fellow practitioners."