Dr Holton was suspended from
Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2001
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A doctor who wrongly diagnosed hundreds of children is
challenging a decision ordering him to retrain.
Dr Andrew Holton gave wrong diagnoses of
epilepsy to 618 children in Leicestershire between 1990 and 2001.
The General Medical Council ruled in
January that his
performance was "seriously deficient" and imposed conditions on his
practice.
Those conditions have not yet come into
effect and his appeal will be heard at the Court of Appeal.
'We are stunned'
Trevor Parr, father of a boy who was
misdiagnosed, said:
"I am slightly stunned - we understood that not many conditions were
put on him - and he was virtually free to continue his retraining and
go back into the wide world.
"We will go to the appeal hearing and put
forward our views.
"Other parents are equally stunned - they
thought they could get on with their lives, but the battle goes on."
Dr Holton worked at the Leicester Royal
Infirmary for 11 years, but was suspended on full pay in 2001.
He has since moved to another practice.
In a statement after its January
decision, the General
Medical Council's fitness-to-practise panel said: "Having found that
the standard of your professional performance has been seriously
deficient, the panel considered whether it is sufficient to direct that
your registration should be subject to conditions.
"It decided that conditions are
sufficient and necessary for the protection of the public and are
proportionate."
The conditions included ongoing
assessments and improvement of his skills in communication with
patients.
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