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Judicial Review

The application for Judicial Review of the General Medical Council's decision to clear most of the doctors involved in the Alder Hey scandal was lodged in the High Court in London on the 10th of October.

A Judicial Review is a legal challenge to a decision by a public body. First of all an application is made by an individual affected by that decision (in this case Christine Woods) to ask the court for an agreement for a Judicial Review. The body that made the decision - in this case the General Medical Council, has the chance to reply. It has got until the 2nd Nov to do so. The Court will then decide if they are going to agree to a full Judicial Review. If they agree this would probably take place at the end of December or early January.

If they agree then the Court can ask the General Medical Council to review its decision not to proceed to a hearing against the doctors. It does not have the power to impose any decisions on the General Medical Council. So, even if the application is successful there is no guarantee that the General Medical Council will alter its original decision. They could simply say we have looked at the evidence again and we feel that the original decision we made not to proceed with hearings against the doctors was the right one.

The application asked the General Medical Council to name the doctors involved, which it has now done, and to explain its decision making process, to include details of the evidence considered, and to then ask the Court if the decision was reasonable, based on all the evidence.

You have already had copies of letters relating to the actions of the GMC, and we will continue to keep you informed of progress.

 

PITY II (Parents who have Interred Their Young Twice) is the parents' support group set up in the wake of the organ retention scandal
at Alder Hey Hospital (Liverpool, UK). It aims to provide self help support and advice to affected families.


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