STATEMENT From Dr Southall following the Appeal conclusion 22/5/09
Introduction
Dr Southall was struck off the medical register by the GMC pending an Appeal.The Appeal was heard and a judgment published in May 2009.
This confirmed the GMC decision to strike him off, there was just one more chance, a short two hour verbal appeal to be held in October 2009.
STATEMENT From Dr Southall following the Appeal conclusion 22/5/09
“Although very disappointed with this judgment, I intend to seek leave for a further Appeal.
“I wish to make it clear that I completely deny the accusation made by Mrs M who has been supported in pursuing her false allegations by Mrs Penny Mellor, the leader of a long-standing campaign against my child protection work.
“The version of what happened in that interview with Mrs M as part of a section 47 child protection inquiry requested of me by the Family Court was exactly as described by the Team Leader in Social Work for the case who was present throughout.
“This Social Worker had been qualified for 10 years, possessed a number of higher professional qualifications in child protection and had met me along with her supervisor on only one occasion prior to and not at all after the interview.
“In her report prepared for the GMC hearing, she stated “I am certain that Professor Southall did not make such an allegation during that interview.”
“I find it difficult now to understand how any doctor in the UK can undertake a sensitive discussion or perform an intimate examination in the presence of an appropriate chaperone and be safe from false allegations.”
