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Jack Adcock: Doctor struck off over six-year-old's death | |
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A doctor who was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a six-year-old boy has been struck off. | |
Jack Adcock, who had a heart condition, died of sepsis at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011, hours after being admitted with sickness and vomiting. | Jack Adcock, who had a heart condition, died of sepsis at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011, hours after being admitted with sickness and vomiting. |
Doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba was suspended from the medical register for 12 months last June. | |
But she has now been struck off following a High Court appeal. | |
Jack's mother, Nicola, said: "We are absolutely elated with the decision. It's what we wanted. | |
"We don't want any other family or child to be put in the same situation. | |
"She should have been struck off in the first place - it shouldn't have come to this. | |
"I know we'll never get Jack back but we have got justice for our little boy." | |
'Catalogue' of errors | |
When Jack, from Glen Parva, Leicestershire, was admitted to the hospital in February 2011, his sepsis went undiagnosed and led to him suffering a cardiac arrest. | |
A 2015 trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard Dr Bawa-Garba, an experienced paediatrician, committed a "catalogue" of errors, including missing signs of his infection and mistakenly thinking Jack was under a do-not-resuscitate order. | |
The prosecution said Jack, who had Down's Syndrome, died after a series of failings by medical staff, including Dr Bawa-Garba's "failure to discharge her duty" as the responsible doctor. | |
She was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years. | She was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years. |
In 2017 the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled Dr Bawa-Garba should not be removed from the medical register, but the General Medical Council (GMC) appealed this decision, claiming it was "not sufficient to protect the public". | |
In December more than 700 medics signed an open letter in support of Dr Bawa-Garba, saying focussing on one person ignored the part low staffing levels played in the tragedy and striking her off would discourage medics from being open when reviewing mistakes. |