UK: Paediatrician struck off
Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall was today struck off the British medical register for serious professional misconduct and told that he has “deep-seated attitudinal problems”.
The General Medical Council’s Fitness to Practice Panel delivered their ruling after earlier finding Dr Southall, 59, guilty of falsely accusing a grieving mother of drugging and murdering her 10-year-old son.
Their ruling today in London comes three years after he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct for accusing the husband of solicitor Sally Clark’s husband of murdering their children.
Chairman Dr Jacqueline Mitton told Dr Southall today: “The panel has concluded that you have deep-seated attitudinal problems and that your misconduct is so serious that it is fundamentally incompatible with your continuing to be a registered medical practitioner.”
She added: “The panel is particularly concerned by your lack of insight into the multiplicity of your failings over a long period.”
The panel also noted that Dr Southall has never apologised to the Clark family or the mother, who was referred to as Mrs M, for his false allegations of murder in their cases.
Dr Southall did not react as the ruling was given.
