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For three years, two UK paediatricians have had to contend with massive media criticism, much of it fed by a pressure group. The UK government, through its regional NHS office, set up an enquiry into one aspect of the complaints—related to the ethical committee approval process and the monitoring of clinical trials within their unit. Its report was critical but has been attacked, both by informed academics and researchers and in a House of Lords debate. In addition, their employer—an NHS trust hospital—set up three enquiry panels, to look at research issues, child protection issues and general disciplinary matters including financial probity. The third of these quickly found that the doctors concerned had behaved meticulously; the other panels met once and twice respectively before deciding there was "a case to answer". Immediately the doctors were suspended from work. The hospital then examined matters in detail under the auspices of the
1 Retired Paediatrician, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2 Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol BS2 8BJ, UK
3 Department of Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 1AZ, UK
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