‘Baby P’ doctor faces GMC hearing – BBC News
“A doctor accused of failing to spot the signs that Baby P was being abused is due before the General Medical Council (GMC) charged with misconduct.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: doctors
Prosthetics expert struck off after giving patient two left feet – The Guardian
“An expert in prosthetics who gave an elderly patient two left feet by fitting the wrong artificial limb has been struck off after he admitted a series of misconduct allegations. Malcolm Griffiths fitted a left-footed lower limb instead of a new right leg to Patrick Morrison, 76, an amputee from Bathgate in West Lothian, and then failed to spot the mistake during two subsequent check-ups.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Overdose inquest finds German doctor Daniel Ubani incompetent – The Guardian
“A patient who was given a fatal overdose by an out-of-hours doctor was unlawfully killed and his death amounted to gross negligence and manslaughter, a coroner ruled today.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inquest verdict due over GP out-of-hours deaths – BBC News
“A coroner is due to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours doctor on his first NHS shift.”
BBC News, 4th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Damages win for consultant who criticised cost-cutting – The Independent
“A senior consultant at a London hospital who was suspended after repeatedly raising concerns about the health and safety of patients has a won a landmark claim.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Baby P doctor faces fresh misconduct claims – The Guardian
“The doctor who failed to spot Baby P’s broken back and ribs days before his death was facing fresh allegations of misconduct today.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NHS trusts ‘breaking law’ on out-of-hours GP services – The Guardian
“There is an ‘unacceptable’ variation in the quality of out-of-hours GP services in England, a government report will say this week.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MMR doctor ‘failed to act in interests of children’ – The Guardian
“Dr Andrew Wakefield, the expert at the centre of the MMR controversy, ‘failed in his duties as a responsible consultant’ and showed a ‘callous disregard’ for the suffering of children involved in his research, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MMR scare doctor to be given verdict on research – BBC News
“The doctor who first suggested the link between MMR vaccinations and autism is to hear whether he is guilty of unethical research practices.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Royal College of Physicians warns that proposed guidance could ‘open door’ to doctor-assisted suicide – Daily Telegraph
“In a strongly-worded submission to the Crown Prosecution Service, England’s oldest medical institution says that any clinician suspected of helping someone die should be investigated by police. It also warns that the draft clarification of the Suicide Act will mean doctors are ‘coerced’ into speculating on how long a patient has to live, so that their loved ones are able to escape prosecution for assisted suicide by claiming they were terminally ill.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Two and a half years on and still no verdict on MMR scare – The Independent
“The GMC’s case against Andrew Wakefield has cost over £1m – so far. Jeremy Laurance, health editor, reports.”
The Independent, 16th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK fury as Germany prosecutes Daniel Ubani, GP who gave fatal dose – The Guardian
“British prosecutors and police are furious with German authorities over the way they prosecuted a doctor for accidentally killing a patient while on his first shift as an out-of-hours locum GP in England.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Poison abortion bid doctor guilty – BBC News
“A doctor has been found guilty of poisoning his lover in a failed attempt to induce an abortion.”
BBC News, 19th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NHS trusts ordered to review safety after case of foreign GP killing patient – The Guardian
“All 152 NHS organisations responsible for out of hours GP services in England have been ordered to review patient safety following the case of a German doctor who accidentally killed a patient on his first shift in Britain.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor gave ‘lethal’ overdoses to two patients in one hour – The Guardian
“A doctor who killed a grandmother with a diamorphine overdose and gave another patient a potentially lethal injection within the space of an hour operated at ‘far below’ the medical standard expected, a disciplinary panel ruled today.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Consultant ‘victimised for exposing cost-cutting’ – The Independent
“A leading cancer consultant who repeatedly raised concerns about the health and safety of patients at a London hospital will claim today that he was victimised by managers and had his warnings ignored.”
The Independent, 9th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Manslaughter GP gave second patient too much painkiller – The Guardian
“A family doctor accidentally injected a patient with six times the correct dose of painkiller within an hour of visiting another patient who died after he administered a similar dosage, it emerged today.”
The Guardian, 24th August 2009
Sourc: www.guardian.co.uk
Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Times Law Reports
Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Court of Appeal
“A hospital doctor who was subject to disciplinary proceedings brought by his employer was entitled under the contract of employment to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer instructed or employed by his medical defence organisation.”
The Times, 6th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Yeong v General Medical Council – WLR Daily
Yeong v General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 1923 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 268
“When considering a medical practitioner’s fitness to practise where the misconduct consisted of violation of the professional relationship between doctor and patient the efforts made by the practitioner to address his behaviour for the future might carry less weight than in cases where the misconduct consisted of clinical errors or incompetence.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Junior doctors training: Campaigners win right to Judicial Review – Daily Telegraph
“Junior doctors have won the right to a Judicial Review of the General Medical Council’s refusal to discipline senior colleagues they hold responsible for the training places debacle.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
