At last one of the authorities experts is to face justice, maybe, just maybe the government will this time,not stop this man being held to account for his wrongdoing.

Dr David Patrick SOUTHALL

From : 13 November 2006 To : 1 December 2006

Category : Fitness to Practise Hearings

Info :

Fitness to Practise Panel
Planned dates: 13 November to 1 December 2006

The Fitness to Practise Panel will meet at 44 Hallam Street, London W1W 6JJ to consider a new case of impairment by reason of misconduct.

Dr David Patrick SOUTHALL
Registration Number: 1491739

Area of practice: London and Staffordshire

The Panel will inquire into allegations that David Patrick Southall, a consultant paediatrician, acted in a way which was inappropriate, added to the distress of a bereaved person and was an abuse of his professional position, in relation to a report he was instructed to prepare by a local authority in relation to the care proceedings of a child.

It is further alleged that, in relation to his treatment of two further children,
Dr Southall acted in a way which was not in the best interests of the individual children and which amounted to keeping secret medical records on them. It is also alleged that Dr Southall failed to treat the respective children’s mothers politely and considerately and in a way which respected their privacy and dignity.

In accordance with Rule 41(2) of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004, the Panel may decide to exclude the public from the proceedings or any part of the proceedings, where they consider that the document of the case outweigh the public interest in holding the hearing in public.