TWO doctors at a Blackburn with Darwen medical practice are waiting to hear their fates amid claims they failed to take adequate care of patients with chronic conditions.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has heard a string of allegations against Dr Mohammed Raouf Alam and Dr Sarah Alam over retrospective entries into patients' medical records on dates in late March 2018.

Dr Mohammed Raouf Alam has admitted to inserting entries into patient medical records indicating they had been given invites for chronic disease monitoring when he had not in fact done so.

He has also accepted he failed to acknowledge he had made retrospective entries into the medical records but further charges over whether his actions were 'untrue' or 'dishonest' are still to be ruled upon.

The doctor has also admitted to 'exception reporting' a number of patients from official quality indicators relating to the surgery.

He accepts his actions in relation to the medical records and 'exception reporting' may have been 'misleading' but the question of 'dishonesty' is to be determined.

His medical record insertions related to four patients, all with diabetes. His 'exception reporting' concerned three patients, again all with diabetes.

He is also said to have 'exception reported' eight patients whose medical records had been altered by Dr Sarah Alam, for seven diabetes and one asthma case.

Similarly Dr Sarah Alam has admitted to inserting entries into medical records over chronic disease monitoring when invites had not been offered, the actions were retrospective and these actions were 'untrue'.

But the question of whether she knew the conduct to be 'untrue' at the time and whether she had not seen or reviewed patients is to be ruled upon.

Dr Sarah Alam has also admitted to 'exception reporting' patients in a similar way to her colleague.

She again accepts her actions may have been 'misleading' but the questions of 'dishonesty' is yet to be determined.

Her medical entries actions related to 28 patients - most for diabetes but some for asthma, cervical screening, COPD and hypertension.

The 'exception reporting' related to similar conditions though three concerned 'sexual health' and one was coronary heart disease and hypertension.

An MPTS fitness to practise panel, sitting in Manchester between May and June, heard evidence from a number of witnesses concerning the allegations and representations on behalf of the doctors.

A further hearing on when the outstanding accusations will be determined is yet to be fixed.