Paediatrician defends his actions

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Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has defended himself, saying the first priority of anyone in child protection had to be the child. Dr Southall was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and struck off the medical register this week. The General Medical Council ruled he abused his role by accusing a mother of drugging and murdering her son. In his first interview since the case, he told the BBC child protection was hard and did mean parents suffered. But he said it was important for paediatricians and social workers to put the child first in such cases. The GMC said Dr Southall had a "deep-seated attitudinal problem". It is the second time in three years Dr Southall has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct. In 2004 Dr Southall was suspended from child protection work over his role in the case of Sally Clark, wrongly jailed over the death of her two sons. Dr Southall accused Mrs Clark's husband Steve of murdering the two boys on the basis of a television interview. He denied he had acted in that case based solely on the TV interview.