Baby P doctor off register

By The Newsroom
Published 11th Feb 2011, 17:23 BST
Updated 11th Feb 2011, 22:54 BST
A DOCTOR accused of failing to spot that "Baby P" had a broken back days before his death has been removed from the medical register.

Consultant paediatrician Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat was facing disciplinary action at the General Medical Council over her care of the toddler. But a GMC fitness to practise panel granted her request for "voluntary erasure" from the medical register, meaning she avoided a full misconduct hearing.

Dr Al-Zayyat has admitted that she "failed" 17-month-old Baby P, now named as Peter Connelly. She examined the little boy, but she allegedly missed his injuries.