A doctor falsified more than a dozen patient records to get a bigger payout from the NHS, a medical tribunal has found.

Dr Nigel Ostrowski manipulated medical histories to claim inflated payments 16 times, according to a newly published report.

The former senior partner at Bangholm Medical Centre in Edinburgh stepped down when his actions came to light.

NHS Scotland's anti-fraud team carried out an investigation in 2014 and submitted a report to the procurator fiscal but the prosecutor decided not to proceed with the case.

On Tuesday, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel ruled Dr Ostrowski's fitness to practise medicine is impaired and will now decide on a sanction.

The panel said he had "abused the system" between 2010 and 2011 and "brought the medical profession into disrepute" by "placing patients at risk".

They reported: "Dr Ostrowski falsified numerous patient records to suggest that parameters had been met allowing him to claim an inflated payment on behalf of the practice.

"Further, as Dr Ostrowski was a partner at the practice, he would have personally gained from the claims he had submitted."

The panel described Dr Ostrowski's actions as "misleading and dishonest" and said they amounted to "serious misconduct".

They claimed there would be a "real risk that he would do it again" if the GP returned to work.

Dr Ostrowski was found to have made the false claims through the Quality and Outcomes Framework, which was designed to reward medical practices for providing high quality care. The scheme was scrapped by NHS Scotland last year.