“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall today (22nd May) lost a high court battle to overturn a decision to strike him off the medical register for serious professional misconduct.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Family doctors accused of misconduct are being suspended for up to four years and at a cost of up to £900,000, according to figures revealed by the NHS under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
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“Paediatrician David Southall is to begin an attempt to overturn a General Medical Council (GMC) decision to strike him off the medical register.”
BBC News, 31st March 2009
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“Doctors will be told to place a greater weight on the wishes of dying patients when making decisions about their care under new guidelines from their professional regulator.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A charity has won the legal right to challenge a decision by the General Medical Council (GMC) not to investigate a boy’s death 19 years ago.”
BBC News, 24th February 2009
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“The General Medical Council (GMC) faces a judicial review later over claims it failed to investigate a boy’s death nearly 19 years ago.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2009
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“Ten years ago Harold Shipman was making headlines after he was charged with the murder of 15 of his patients. A public inquiry found that Shipman had used loopholes in the systems in which he practised as a family doctor to kill more than 215 people and to avoid detection for many years.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An end to the ‘doctor knows best’ era of medicine was heralded by ministers yesterday as Gordon Brown published a constitution for the NHS.”
The Times, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Derbyshire GP who made a ‘devastating error of judgement’ over a child who died of meningitis can carry on practising, a panel has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
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“A fertility doctor has been cleared of sexually assaulting one his long-term female IVF patients.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
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“A former Devon GP charged with killing an elderly patient by prescribing the wrong medication has been acquitted.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
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“The younger brother of George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor, has been suspended from working as a junior psychiatrist, four months after he resigned over allegations that he prescribed tranquillisers for friends.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The doctor who failed to detect Baby P’s injuries and concluded that he was just ‘cranky’ two days before he died has been suspended from practising medicine.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A family doctor who lied ‘in a moment of panic’ after failing to visit a vulnerable pensioner before she died in a fire at her home has been spared jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
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“A consultant gynaecologist travelled to hospital ready to operate while twice the drink-driving limit, the General Medical Council has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The widow of a film maker who died of a heart attack after being misdiagnosed by three GPs, has won substantial damages at the High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the UK’s most successful fertility doctors failed to investigate when a patient arrived at his Harley Street clinic in tears and complaining of vomiting, telling her husband she had a ‘mental block’ about treatment, a disciplinary hearing heard yesterday. Hours later, the woman had seizures and was admitted to an intensive care unit.”
The Guardian, 1st October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mohammed Taranissi, Britain’s most successful fertility doctor, has been cleared to continue running his London clinic by the IVF watchdog, after it agreed to rescind a disciplinary ban imposed last year.”
The Times, 27th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The paediatrician who accused the husband of the late solicitor Sally Clark of murdering their two children is to be allowed to return to child protection work.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary panel has ruled Stuart Brown, 38, a consultant anaesthetist who earns around £100,000 a year, should be suspended for three months, but not struck off.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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