by lyndamac on Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:41 pm
3rd November 2008
64 Bunting Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0UA
Dear Mrs Oldham,
I am requesting copies of the files in connection to a public law case in 2004 - 2006,which Machins firm were involved from the start of May 2004 leading up to the trial in February 2005. I am putting in complaints to the GMC about the 2 doctors who were expert witnesses at that time.
Dr Wilkins has already received a warning from the GMC for his conduct on another case. The other expert is Dr Claire Sturge, The GMC want a list of witnesses who were present when they were giving their evidence.
I would also like the note takers who were sent in from Machins to be added to the list. Please can you tell me did you hold any of the notes on file as the final hearing transcribes have yet to be found yet.
On another matter of the child’s legal guardian Dale Wood the Caffcass officer at the time the case was live also had a problem with retaining the files please see attached letter from them. They have said it was not kept on record in 2005,however in previous private proceedings were kept on file in 1999: concerning contact issues with the NRP which was Mr x.
I am hoping that you would be able to find full copies of the reports written for court as Claire Sturge’s report only goes up to page 26 then the minutes of an expert telephone meeting is entered until the 39 pages as these are not number 27 …. And upwards I am not sure this is the full report.
I am also after a letter from Dr Burke written in January 2005 just prior to the run up to the final hearing: I gave several faxes to Sheila Philiboise after reading 600pages of my son’s medical notes and this letter was my only copy found in the C’s medical bundles when we were back up in the RCJ Strand waiting on a circuit for a judge to hear the case this was prior to it being directed back to Luton, before Judge Pearce. The result was the evidence was too old in closed court.
The letter from Dr Burke stating he did not agree with cutting me out of C’s hospital appointments. The issue we must all focus on now is how C will be able to contact his family if he requires a stem cell donor in the future should he fall out of remission.
The risks for an adult are significantly worse than that of children when looking for a donor.
As this stands now it was left with myself expected to pay the same expert money for private CBT therapy for 2 years for abnormal illness behaviour.
Therefore it would appear to some that for the purposes of the law: I can be 1 thing ,but certainly not both. If this evidence is to be creditable, and this is all I am: a hypochondriac there is nothing abnormal in wanting to leave access to medical data for C , which ideally would contain the true facts about a true medical history of the family for C , and not just an experts opinion of what she thought in her opinion it was.
The findings of opinions of the independent experts all agreed upon then, I will have to be considered I am more than likely to now be a donor in the future for C as a biological parent. If she is correct in her findings if she is not correct then I am not able to be a donor.
As it is also common knowledge to all the parties connected with the case the Local Authority have failed to keep me up to date on C’s progress throughout the trial and after the trial . Addenbrookes have also cut me out of all the decisions made concerning treatment C may need in the future.
Moving on now
I am also being given advice from Dr Lynne Wrennall , not to mention other experts dealing with C’s pathology notes outside of the country ,please note the case has a lot of media interest and someone from the BBC has e-mailed me recently to take part in a programme concerning wrongful removal of children from families. I am waiting for a reply from both Judges to see if I have reached a point of exhausting all of the options here within the UK courts,as the case is finally to go out to ECHR’s there I hope I will be able to bench mark the case for future families to follow on, and to be able to leave a genetic key for their children who are going through the system or lost to adoption.
On another matter when a doctor is involved in such care proceedings in closed court concerning a medical matter, a conflict of interest must always be considered. At the time I had no experience of the system or how it worked, now I have found information on UK2003 ALL children’s cancer trials. This was put in the public domain, however was not for parents to read. I have passed this information on to the appropriate department asking for a public inquiry concerning children entered into these trials which are going on until 2012.
I have until 24th November to get the paperwork to the GMC I do hope that you can help with this matter or still have copies of the files.
Thank you in anticipation
Yours sincerely
Signed