Why were lying GPs allowed to cover up our son's death?

By Jane Feinmann
Last updated at 8:43 AM on 20th May 2009

An astonishing 19-year fight for the truth –

and how it exposes a horrifying hole in our legal system.

What makes this story so alarming is that it exposes just how impotent families

are when faced with doctors determined to cover up mistakes. . . .

Under the Data Protection Act, he has found out that the Welsh Ombudsman

called him ‘vindictive’, ‘an alley cat’, ‘a caveman’ and ‘bully’. . . . .

‘GPs can put a gloss on the cause of death without fear of litigation,’

said a GP leader, Dr Brian Goss, at the time. . . . .

Will appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, but it also ruled that in Britain

‘doctors do not have to tell the truth or refrain from deliberately falsifying medical records’

- implying that they can falsify records without worry.

Such a judgment seems incredible - yet the fact is, unlike doctors throughout Europe,

there is no duty of candour for British doctors. . . . .

The full document is here.