Operation Landscape- a case study Dr Alison Milroy

36 Pages·2015·0.8 MB·English

Operation Landscape- a case study

Dr Alison Milroy
Deputy Medical Director, Kent
and Medway Area Team.
The case of Dr Barend Delport
GP partner in Swanley, Kent
RO/HR conference 29.1.15
Reading
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Hazard warning
• This case relates to child abuse
• If you feel uncomfortable please feel free to leave
the room and do something else
• The case exposes wider governance issues and
attitudes within the medical profession

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Background to the case
• Who is he?
• Originally from South Africa (q 1981 Pretoria)
• Full GMC registration 1992
• Anaesthetist work
• GP partner at The Oaks since 1996 (3 days)
• GPwSI (Dermatology), dental sedation (2 days)
• Training practice (2 trainers), well respected
• High deprivation area (26%)
• Lay Preacher and Church Elder
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Question
Have you come across doctors with similar
reputations?
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What happened?

• March 2012, 7 year old girl’s mother complained
about genital photograph when the child came for
tummy ache

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Question:
Is it Ok for a GP to photograph in these
circumstances?
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What happened next?
Complained to receptionist
Complained to police
Police -> GMC, no action
Police -> KCC Central Referral Unit,
action plan agreed 9th May
PCT Medical Director involved
Unannounced visit 14.5.12
Interview
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His defence
• GPwSI
• Educator, lecturer
• Writing a book
• Research
• Photography can enhance what is not visible to
the naked eye through magnification
• Strong representation that he was highly unlikely
to be involved

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