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‘Doctor persisted with failure to be transparent over death of nine-year-old’

A doctor failed to give a clear account of a child’s treatment up to a decade after her death, a tribunal has heard. Dr Heather Steen is accused of trying to cover up the true circumstances of nine-year-old Claire Roberts’ death at the Royal Belfast ...

30 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Girl’s parents trusted doctor when told inquest not needed, tribunal hears

The parents of a nine-year-old girl said they had trusted a doctor who 26 years later is accused of covering up her death, a tribunal has heard. Dr Heather Steen is said by the General Medical Council (GMC) to have concealed the true circumstances ...

31 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Doctor ‘tried to cover up death of nine-year-old girl to avoid scrutiny’

A doctor tried to cover up the death of a nine-year-old girl to “avoid scrutiny” of failings in her care, a tribunal has heard. Dr Heather Steen is said to have acted dishonestly in attempting to conceal the true circumstances of the death of ...

29 Mar 2022 at 19:55

GP who ran clinic for trans patients awaits ruling after challenging suspension

A GP who ran an online clinic for transgender patients is waiting for a High Court judge’s ruling after challenging a tribunal decision to impose a two-month suspension. Helen Webberley, founder of a website called GenderGP, was found to ...

14 Mar 2023 at 16:56

GP who travelled 100 miles to rape 10-year-old girl struck off

A GP who travelled 100 miles to rape a 10-year-old girl has been struck off the medical register. The behaviour of Rupesh Seth, who was jailed for more than three years in March, was ruled to be “fundamentally incompatible with being a ...

07 Sept 2023 at 17:48

Northern Ireland

GMC argues for erasure of neurologist Dr Michael Watt from medical register

The General Medical Council (GMC) has argued during a tribunal for the erasure from the medical register of the neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients. It comes after Dr Michael Watt’s fitness to ...

03 Nov 2023 at 12:54

Northern Ireland

Neurologist gave patients drugs with toxic side-effects, tribunal told

An assessment report into a Belfast-based neurologist found that he repeatedly failed to make correct diagnoses, which led to patients inappropriately being given drugs with “serious and toxic side-effects”, a fitness to practise ...

04 Sept 2023 at 11:56

Northern Ireland

Neurologist to face new fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients is to face a new public hearing over his fitness to practise. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has announced that a hearing into ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:45

Professional performance of neurologist unacceptable, tribunal finds

The professional performance of a neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients has been found to be unacceptable following a medical tribunal. The panel is now set to consider Dr Michael Watt’s ...

02 Nov 2023 at 15:25

Rapist doctor who gagged victim and threatened her with scissors is struck off

A doctor who violently raped a woman and then threatened to release a video of the attack said he was not interested in the outcome of a medical tribunal – and wants to quit the UK “due to stressful personal events”. ...

20 Sept 2023 at 05:00

Christian GP ‘over-stepped boundaries’ by praying with patient, tribunal rules

A Christian doctor “overstepped the boundaries” while talking about religion and praying with a patient but is not guilty of serious misconduct, medical watchdogs have ruled. Dr Richard Scott, a medic since 1983, ...

04 Sept 2023 at 15:03

GP who ran transgender clinic wins appeal after misconduct finding

A GP who ran an online clinic for transgender patients has won a High Court appeal after a tribunal made a misconduct finding and imposed a two-month suspension. Helen Webberley, founder of a website called ...

31 Mar 2023 at 12:14

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