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Medical director of Cornwall trust is first to be struck off for management failings

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5712 (Published 24 October 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i5712

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Reply to Jay llangaratne

I said nothing to deny that there are personal responsibilities as well as organisational ones for governance failures. I chose my words carefully and asked Jay llangaratne simply to consider that the lessons to be learned in this particular case might not involve those very specific personal biases he mentioned.

Perhaps we shall all be sufficiently informed if more details emerge from the MPTS with their insights and wisdom helping to avoid doubt.

I am sorry to disappoint Jay IIangaratne but I shall not be offering more details and have nothing further to add to this discussion.

Competing interests: No competing interests

27 October 2016
David Levine
Retired Consultant Physician RCHT
Sennen Cornwall