WALKER-SMITH v GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL

[2013] Med LR 462

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(ADMINISTRATIVE COURT)

Before Mr Justice MITTING

General Medical Council – Fitness to Practise Panel – Capacity – Whether investigations of children referred to hospital with disintegrative disorder and symptoms of intestinal disease were appropriate attempts at diagnosis and treatment or part of a research project lacking Ethics Committee approval – Whether practitioner's intention relevant – Whether treatment carried out clinically indicated.