Baby P doctor flees.

[Gromit]

One for AOG:

// A doctor accused of failing to spot that Baby P was being abused fled the country this morning ahead of a hearing where she is charged with misconduct.

Rebecca Poulet, QC, prosecuting for the GMC said that Dr Al-Zayyat was seen by a psychiatrist on Friday but had since left Britain.

The GMC’s fitness to practice panel, sitting in London, has adjourned to consider whether the public hearing can continue in the doctor’s absence. //

Let rip...

[sp1814]

naomi24

This case (and unfortunately, a number of others) highlights a problem which no politician, the police, the medical profession or social services can sort out.

It might sound like a simple problem to resolve, but when you think about what's involved - it becomes very, very complicated...and it's this:

There's almost no way or joining up information between the different services. They will record information on different database solutions, possibly on different platforms, and a red flag raised on one, would not necessarily be flagged on another.

Then there's the problem of ensuring that data is kept up to date, and more importantly, is accurate.

It is an absolute technical nightmare.

This is why when cases like this happen, it's much more satisfying to have an identifiable person to blame, because if we all sat back and thought about how to ensure it would never happen again, we'd get nosebleeds from overthinking it.

[naomi24]

sp. The doctor was aware that the child was on an 'at risk' register.

[naomi24]

...... or perhaps I should say 'should have been aware'. The information was apparently there, but maybe she didn't bother to check.

[A.Guest]

So sp1814 was instantly on one of his Daily Mail rants. Never ceases to amaze that the real issues are overlooked. CFirst response removed and rightly so. Be a little more compassionate sp1814.

[sp1814]

The Daily Mail loves the following stories:

1. Anything to do with an illegal immigrant commuting a crime.

2. Anything anti-BBC.

3. Anything anti-Jonathan Ross

4. Anything anti-Muslim.

Please don't mistake my derision for the Daily Mail for anything else, because you can bet they jumped up and high-gives when they realised a) they could sell some more papers using this sad case, and b) an Asian is 'the bad guy'.

Not to realize this is naive.

[Admarlow.]

Yes you are right SP, the daily mail were the only paper to cover the story about Dr Al-Zayyat . I see no bias in your post and no irony in mine xx

[A.Guest]

Admarlow - completely wrong there. It was covered in The Mirror, The Times, Telegraph and Guardian - and probably others too.

[sp1814]

Admarlow - are you saying that the Daily Mail presents stories about British Muslims in a fair and unbiased way, in order that their readership can make up it's own mind and come to their own conclusions?

[jno]

sp1814, you missed out anti-gay, though they may have rowed back a bit on this since the storm over Jan Moir's unplesant column about Stephen Gateley.

[sara3]

she's fled the country? is there a link?

[jno]

here

http://www.telegraph....-and-has-left-UK.html

[sara3]

thanks, jno

[sp1814]

jno

Yep...you're correct. I'd forgotten about that article!

[Gromit]

Thank you all for your replies.