Declan Fox wrote:
> Heard or saw something today about Dr Jayne Donegan, ardent but
> misinformed anti-MMR campaigner, escaping GMC punishment at the end of
> her hearing. If true, it is disturbing news.
> Anyone got an update?
> Adrian?
>
> Declan
"Fitness to Practise Panel
Planned dates: 7- 24 August 2007
General Medical Council, St James’s Building, 79 Oxford Street,
Manchester, M1 6FQ
This case will be considered by a Fitness to Practise Panel applying the
General Medical Council’s Preliminary Proceedings Committee and
Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules 1988.
The Fitness to Practise Panel will meet at St James’s Building, 79
Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FQ to consider a new case of conduct.
Dr Jayne Lavinia Mary DONEGAN
Reference Number: 2826367
Area of practice: North West London
The Panel will inquire into allegations that Jayne Lavinia Mary Donegan,
a general practitioner, acted in a way which was misleading, in direct
contravention of her duty as an expert witness, unprofessional, and
likely to bring the profession into disrepute.
It is alleged that, in relation to two reports she produced for the
Family Division of the High Court, Dr Donegan gave false and/or
misleading impressions of the research which she relied upon, allowed
her deeply held views on the subject of immunisation to overrule her
duty to the court and to the litigants, and failed to present an
objective, independent and unbiased view.
"
GMC Press release prior to hearing.
http://www.gmcpressoffice.org.uk/apps/news/events/#
The most recent announced decisions on the GMC's rather tortuous and
disconnected website are from 2 August, I wonder if the next ones will
be tomorrow. Either way, I'd not necessarily accept what early and
unofficial reporters put out as being true.
http://www.picosearch.com/cgi-bin/ts.pl?index=307397&calln=2&lastq=&sortsel=rel&psel=decisions&opt=ALL&query=donegal&corr=donegan
or a riff on
http://www.gmc-uk.org/concerns/hearings_and_decisions/iop/2007_08_27.asp
substituting guessed dates at the end should bring them up when they are
released.
Given the judge's comments on her, it would be surprising if another
judge permitted her to be presented as an expert witness in any similar
case, or indeed in any capacity at all, I think.
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