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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Covid: Powys doctor given nine-month ban for false claims - BBC

A private doctor who put false claims about Covid-19 treatments online has been banned from practising for nine months after a medical tribunal.

Sarah Myhill, based in Powys, posted videos and articles advocating taking vitamins and other substances in high doses, without evidence they worked.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found her recommendations "undermined public health".

She was also selling the substances she recommended on her website.

The tribunal found some of her recommendations had the potential to cause "serious harm" and "potentially fatal toxicity".

She did not attend the hearing in Manchester.

The tribunal was told she uploaded a series of videos and articles between March and May 2020, describing substances as "safe nutritional interventions" which she said meant vaccinations were "rendered irrelevant".

But the substances she promoted were not universally safe and have potential serious health risks associated with them, the panel was told.

There was also no evidence to suggest they would be effective.

Dr Myhill also discredited the use of face masks.

The tribunal found Dr Myhill "does not practice evidence-based medicine and may encourage false reassurance in her patients who may believe that they will not catch Covid-19 or other infections if they follow her advice".

Dr Myhill previously had a...



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