Baby Peter: MP’s claims unfounded

Published: 23 June, 2011

• FURTHER to John Gulliver (Baby P fallout to claim another victim? June 16), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children’s Trust Board has written to Lynne Featherstone MP asking her to withdraw her allegations that the trust sought to mislead inquiries into the death of Peter Connelly.

All members of the trust board have personally reviewed the documentary evidence in response to each of Ms Featherstone’s individual claims. It is clear that the trust has never sought to mislead any inquiry into the death of a child.

The trust board found:

• there was no intention by Great Ormond Street Hospital management to hide anything;

• reasonable decisions were made regarding the information sent to the first serious case review;

• the full Sibert report was shared with the sec­ond serious case review.

The trust board has complete confidence in Dr Jane Collins, who is a first class CEO. Neither she nor her colleagues sought to mislead the inquiry.

BARONESS BLACKSTONE
Chairman, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust