Dr Bawa-Garba free to practise again – with conditions

The UK doctor has fought back from a criminal conviction in 2011 for gross negligence manslaughter
Dr Bawa-Garba
Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba.

The paediatric registrar convicted of manslaughter over the death of a six-year-old boy in the UK will be free to return to work next year — but only under certain conditions.

For many doctors, Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba’s case has become a symbol for the way medical regulators target the alleged failings of doctors without acknowledging the inadequacies of the systems in which they work.