A Scottish GP Dr Iain Kerr  accused by the General Medical Council of supplying an elderly patient with  sleeping tablets so she could take her own life told his patients that he was  in favour of assisted suicide and that he belonged to the Euthanasia Society.
At a fitness-to-practise hearing  in Manchester,  excerpts of Dr Kerr's police interview were read out by Suzanne Goddard, QC,  for the GMC.      

When interviewed by police, Dr  Iain Kerr, who practises in Clarkston, Glasgow, admitted he had mentioned being  a member of the society - even though he did not belong "because it gives  patients the choice of discussing end-of-life matters".

From The Times
July 16, 2008

 GP Iain Kerr ‘told patients he supported euthanasia’

David Lister, Scotland Correspondent 

The 61-year-old GP from Glasgow is also accused of inappropriate conduct after
prescribing sleeping tablets to five other patients.

Dr Kerr was interviewed by Strathclyde Police three years ago, but detectives
decided not to press charges. Euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide are
illegal under British law.

At a fitness-to-practise hearing in Manchester, excerpts of Dr Kerr’s police
interview were read out by Suzanne Goddard, QC, for the GMC.

Dr Kerr told police: “If people expressed anxiety about how the end would be,
whether it would be painful or distressing, I would tell them I was a member
of the Euthanasia Society, or had been, and leave it at that. If they
decided that’s good news, fine; and if they ignored it I would say that’s
fine as well.”

Dr Kerr told police that he had never administered an injection to help
someone to die. Strathclyde Police found that there was “insufficient
evidence” and no action was taken.

He told detectives that during his annual appraisal in May 2004 he admitted
that he was “in favour of assisted suicide and had some experience of it in
the practice”. He also said in his appraisal that he had prescribed sleeping
tablets - sodium amytal - and would continue to prescribe them for the
purpose of patients ending their own lives under the right circumstances.
The Committee on Safety of Medicines states that sodium amytal tablets
should be used to treat “severe and intractable insomnia” only.

Dr Kerr, whose surgery was in Glasgow, told police about his dealings with the
suicidal pensioner, referred to as Patient A. He said: “She said, ‘Give me
something that I can take if things get too bad’, and I said yes.”

Dr Kerr referred Patient A to Alexander Cooper, a psychiatrist. His referral
letter stated: “Some years ago she discussed suicide with me and I’ve been
in the habit of supplying her with barbiturate tablets which would assist
her in her endeavour. However, I was interviewed by police and I told her
and she disposed of them.”

Dr Cooper told the GMC: “It appeared to me to be an open admission of
involvement in assisted suicide.” He said he was surprised that the
pensioner, who had enjoyed playing bridge, killed herself by taking an
overdose on December 12, 2005, a month after their consultation. It was her
second suicide attempt in two weeks.

Dr Kerr prescribed temazepam to the 87-year-old two days before her failed
suicide attempt. A postmortem examination showed that she died after
ingesting temazepam, cyclizine and co-proxamol.

Dr Kerr is still practising in Glasgow, though under conditions.

The hearing continues.

The Herald also has an article available titled

GP claimed to be in Euthanasia Society

available here.