BMJ  2006;333:822 (21 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7573.822-a

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Southall faces further hearing—on secret medical records

Owen Dyer

London

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The paediatrician David Southall is facing a disciplinary hearing at the General Medical Council next month, over charges that his methods "amounted to keeping secret medical records" on two children in his care.

The hearing, announced by the GMC on Tuesday (17 October), is in addition to one already being considered after a Court of Appeal ruled that the GMC should have investigated a separate complaint made against Professor Southall (BMJ 2005;331: 1426[Free Full Text]).

The GMC has now said that it will look into separate accusations that Professor Southall failed to act in the children's best interests and that he did not treat their mothers "in a way which respected their privacy and dignity."

The council will also look into allegations that, in preparing a report for a local authority on care proceedings involving another child, Professor Southall "acted in a way which was inappropriate, added . . . [Full text of this article]


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