Paediatrician found guilty of manslaughter after boy’s death from septic shock

Patient safety would be undermined if manslaughter review hampers reflective practice, NHS chief executive says

“…Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter in 2015,2 and February’s High Court verdict came after the General Medical Council appealed against a medical practitioners tribunal decision to suspend her for 12 months rather than erase her 3…”

GMC pushes for automatic erasure when a doctor is convicted of a serious crime

“…If such a power had existed when the trainee paediatrician Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter,1 she would never have been able to present evidence of serious systemic failures to a medical practitioners’ tribunal. The tribunal took account of these in deciding not to strike her off but to suspend her for 12 months instead,2 a decision that was overturned by the High Court after the GMC appealed 3…”

Bawa-Garba’s original suspension was right decision, argues lawyer in appeal against erasure

“…Bawa-Garba, 41, a junior doctor specialising in paediatrics, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury for contributing to the death of 6 year old Jack Adcock from sepsis at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011 1. She was denied permission to appeal the manslaughter conviction because none of her grounds for appeal were “arguable.”2…”