Who killed cock Robin? recently, pages of newsprint have been filled with heartrending tales of families who lost babies under the knife of the bristol surgeons. This Week's panorama, the subject of an unsuccessful injunction application by the general medical council, alleged that the NHS system failed to prevent the deaths. Tony delamothe looks at the fallout for professional self regulation
- PMID: 9614052
- PMCID: PMC1113302
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7146.1757
Who killed cock Robin? recently, pages of newsprint have been filled with heartrending tales of families who lost babies under the knife of the bristol surgeons. This Week's panorama, the subject of an unsuccessful injunction application by the general medical council, alleged that the NHS system failed to prevent the deaths. Tony delamothe looks at the fallout for professional self regulation
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