Voluntary erasure - and other medico-legal queries

Dr Christine Walker MDU medico-legal adviser
ByDr Christine Walker
Published12 August 2015
A selection of medico-legal dilemmas from our files

“Ongoing cases, or cases that arise after retirement can mean that voluntary erasure may not always be straightforward.”

“The overriding duty is to the court; retirement does not simply extinguish that duty.”

This page was correct at publication on 12/08/2015. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Dr Christine Walker
Medico-legal adviser

Christine Walker undertook GP training before choosing a career in paediatrics. Her particular interests were neonatology, paediatric neurology and child development. She became a consultant in community paediatrics, leading a multi-disciplinary child development centre team and she was made a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She has been a medico-legal adviser at the MDU since 2009.

Dr Judith Clark
Clinical risk manager

MA(Oxon) BM BCh(Oxon) MRCP Judith qualified from Oxford University Medical School in 1999, and obtained her MRCP in 2002. She then completed specialist training in rheumatology and obtained her CCT in 2012 before moving to her current role at the MDU.

Voluntary erasure - and other medico-legal queries