Top paediatrician pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children while working at Devon hospital

An ILL paediatric specialist has confessed possessing indecent pictures of children while working at a health center in Devon. Dr Jonathan Walsh, 47, pleaded guilty to an overall of 17 charges during a hearing at Exeter Crown Court today. This included 9 counts of dispersing indecent pictures of children and six counts of making indecent images of children. Devon and Cornwall Authorities said the huge bulk of the charges connected to Category A images which are the most severe. Walsh had actually formerly worked at North Devon District Hospital but cops said none of the offences associated with patients there. He was due to stand trial next month after at first denying the charges he dealt with. Detective Inspector Andrea Kingdon, from the force’s child exploitation system, said: “Jonathan Walsh was wo …

‘An A&E doctor searched a horrified patient’s breasts then gave her unwary child a ‘high 5’ as the victim lay weeping in her hospital bed, a medical tribunal heard. Dr Joel Danjuma, 61, had actually groaned and stated ‘Ugh’ and ‘Ahh’ as he fondled the woman during a chest assessment, it was declared. But later when her daughter arrived to say she would look after her mother back home, Danjuma offered her some tablets and reacted: ‘Okay give me a high 5,’ before they slapped each other’s palms, it was said. The sobbing patient, 65, was at first too frightened to report the medical professional but she told her family later on after she was released. She consequently claimed she was too scared to leave her house for five weeks for worry Danjuma was sat in a cars and truck outside. Authorities quizzed the medical professional on …

future of revalidation A major independent examination has been launched to help shape the future of revalidation. Almost 160,000 certified physicians will be asked to carry out a study about the revalidation procedure to help researchers assess where enhancements have to be made. In 2015 the GMC commissioned a UK-wide cooperation of researchers (UMbRELLA) to carry out the assessment. The views of physicians are being sought this month   and will be followed by interviews with senior NHS staff and feedback from patients. The findings of the research are expected to be released in 2018. All certified doctors have been welcomed to take part in the revalidation evaluation survey. Medical professionals not welcomed to take part in the survey consist of trainee physicians, those who are provisionally signed up and those who do not hold a …