This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7127485.stm

The article has changed 8 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 0 Version 1
David Southall struck off by GMC David Southall struck off by GMC
(11 minutes later)
Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct and struck off the medical register.Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct and struck off the medical register.
The General Medical Council decided last week that he abused his position by accusing a mother of drugging and murdering her son. The General Medical Council decided last week that he had abused his position by accusing a mother of drugging and murdering her son.
The GMC said Dr Southall had a "deep-seated attitudinal problem".The GMC said Dr Southall had a "deep-seated attitudinal problem".
Dr Southall was already suspended from child protection work over his role in the Sally Clark child death case. It is the second time in three years Dr Southall has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct.
He accused Mrs Clark's husband, Steve, of murdering their two sons on the basis of a television interview. The GMC found that Dr Southall's actions added to the distress of the mother - Mandy Morris - whose 10-year-old son hanged himself in 1996.
Dr Southall made the claim in an interview with Mrs Morris about the safety of her surviving son.
He had been instructed by Shropshire County Council to provide an independent expert report to the court.
Special files
The GMC also ruled that, in some cases, Dr Southall acted inappropriately in keeping original medical documents on children in his care in his own special case files separately from their official medical records.
Lawyers acting for the Attorney General are now examing thousands of these files amid concerns that they were not revealed during criminal proceedings.
In 2004 Dr Southall was suspended from child protection work over his role in the case of Sally Clark, wrongly jailed over the death of her two sons.
Dr Southall accused Mrs Clark's husband Steve of murdering the two boys on the basis of a television interview.
Dr Southall worked as a consultant paediatrician at London's Royal Brompton Hospital from 1982 before moving to the same post at the North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent in 1992.