Leading UK paediatrician reinstated

doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7318.885

BMJ 2001;323:885 ( 20 October )

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Leading UK paediatrician reinstated

Caroline White, London
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North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust has reinstated consultant paediatrician Professor David Southall after a two year investigationinto his work at the hospital in Stoke onTrent.

The investigation, which cost £750000 ($1.1m), involved five investigative panels, child health specialists, the Social ServicesInspectorate, and thepolice.

The announcement, which the trust had intended to make at a press conference on 16 October, was rushed out on the precedingFriday afternoon, after it was leaked to a freelance journalist.Professor Southall, whose work is also being investigated by theGeneral Medical Council, said, "I'm really pleased to be ableto go back to looking after sick and injuredchildren."

Professor Southall, who was appointed in 1992, was suspended in November 1999 from his post on full pay along with anotherconsultant, Dr Martin Samuels, after two independent externalclinicians undertook a preliminary examination of his child protectionand research work at the hospital . . . [Full text of this article]

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