what an utter pompous pratt

[tali122]

roy meadows what an utter pompous pratt 73 million -1 jesus christ! also concerned that nobody at the original court case questioned such as preposterously ridiculously unbelievable figure, but then such was his bombastic arrogance that people were forced to believe such idiocy

[Dom Tuk]

At least the GMC had the guts to strike him off. But he is now retired so what effect does the striking him off have. He is not a practising doctor. But can he still retain the Prof. and Dr. titles?. Ofcourse the 'sir' will remain.

[splange]

Yes, what a pratt/egomaniac/fool/take your pick. Apart from his high profile injustices he is also the man that invented MSBP, a theory with no scientific basis whatsoever. He also doesn't believe that ME in children exists, moreover that it is actually the childs mother who has MSBP, resulting in the child's 'psychosis'. His twisted mother issues have resulted in children with ME being forceably taken from their parents and placed in care. He has been responsible for children of innocent parents being stolen from their loving homes and given to strangers. Now that is child abuse. I just wonder what his mother was like, I bet if you that relationship could tell a story. Shame on him.

[El D]

As I have said in another thread to do with this, my mother has worked in the health service for many, many years as a health visitor and has no doubts at all that Munchausen's by proxy exists as a mental illness. People do harm their children for personal attention.

[Peter Pedant]

There was surprise when he pleaded the 1 in 73 000 000 - but people didnt ring up the court and say - no that;s wrong.

Some mothers and fathers have injured and killed their children. The question was whether this was the case in the Clarke, and Anthony cases.

When Donna Anthony was acquitted on appeal, the judge did say that there were some disturbing features and that was .....the Anthony child had clearly been killed.

It is not as clear cut and it is certainly unclear why the GMC spent time striking off a discredited retired doctor.

[Andy008]

A perfect example of how academic ability is one thing, with people skills being quite another.

The world is sadly full of people like this, Meadows is just one in the public eye.

[sandbach99]

I agree with Peter  why did nobody query these figures when they were originally said, is it that later research has lead to a change in the ratio?, if so how do we know these figures are any more reliable.

In the case of Sally Clark she and her husband were solicitors and her father a policeman, why before her first appeal did they not check the figures and find that they were wrong, was there no other figures available then?                                                                         There are parents who for one reason or another do harm their children, who is now going to be willing to give medical evidence knowing that future advances in medical research may discredit their evidence and land them with a battle to keep their reputation and job

[woofgang]

Well yes but part of the problem is the way that doctors were (are) trained and viewed by society. I have worked in the nhs for 30 years now and I can tell you that when I trained and for some time afterwards, most of the medical students and housemen that I met were so far up themselves that they were inside out. Imagine what the consultants were like! Things are changing and now the majority  of doctors do not view themselves as God.

The point of striking him off as I understand it is that his days as an expert witness are ended.

By the way, any doctors who are AB'ers, please do refute my statement...if you can!

[Hippy]

Well said Woofs, did you notice that he was incredulous that the GMC would have the temerity to strike him off? He was genuinely surprised!

During the high profile cases in which he testified he had no contact with the families concerned and pontificated from his ivory tower over matters that, frankly, he was no expert. I hope the GMC can protect us from further patronising twaddle from the mouths of the reality challenged determining the outcome of legal proceedings.