A doctor who was referred to the General Medical Council after a 23-year-old Newport woman died from taking the contraceptive pill, will now face a misconduct hearing.
A doctor in Bishop's Castle has been suspended by the General Medical Council. Dr Adrian Penney of Bishop's Castle Medical Practice, has worked there for five years.
A top Shropshire professor "significantly" modified equipment in a low risk knee operation in which a West Midlands businessman died, an inquest heard. [caption id="attachment_143154" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Penny Belcuore with eight-month-old son Louis"][/caption] A top Shropshire professor "significantly" modified equipment in a low risk knee operation in which a West Midlands businessman died, an inquest heard. Luigi Belcuore, 43, of Morton Bagot, near Studley, Warwickshire, died during a clinical trial on October 20, 2009, at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, in Oswestry. His family are now pursuing a full investigation from the General Medical Council — which has the power to strike-off physicians — and will be filing a damages claim against the hospital trust. Bosses at the trust today said they had already taken action after an internal investigation but would consider the jury's conclusions carefully taking further action if necessary. A jury yesterday ruled that Mr Belcuore died from an air embolism — a condition in which air enters the blood stream — caused by arthroscopic surgery. Read more in today's Shropshire Star
A consultant paediatrician who was struck off the medical register after falsely accusing a Shropshire mother of killing her 10-year-old son launched a Court of Appeal battle today in his bid for reinstatement.
A Telford mother will lead a heartfelt protest against Government vaccine policy when a hearing about claims of a link between childhood autism and the controversial MMR jab begins.A Telford mother will lead a heartfelt protest against Government vaccine policy when a hearing about claims of a link between childhood autism and the controversial MMR jab begins. Allison Edwards, of Muxton Lane, Muxton, believes the jab is responsible for her son Jonathan's autism and is preparing to support Dr Andrew Wakefield when he appears before the General Medical Council tomorrow. Dr Wakefield was the lead author of a 1998 report into the vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). His research on 12 children, published in medical journal The Lancet, suggested there might be a link between the vaccine, autism and bowel disease. It led to falling numbers of parents immunising their children in the late 1990s and a row over whether the then Prime Minister Tony Blair had vaccinated his son Leo. Read more in the Shropshire Star
