Att-Gen Reviews Paediatrician's Files

The Attorney General has announced today that he will conduct a review of cases where Professor David Southall, a consultant paediatrician, was involved as a prosecution witness.

The General Medical Council is conducting a hearing into Professor Southall's conduct, part of which relates to the holding of medical records. Professor Southall is alleged to have kept separate files on some patients, including files on cases which may subsequently have been subject of criminal prosecutions, and where proper disclosure of medical records may not have been made.