A doctor accused of a cover-up over the death of a nine-year-old patient has made a renewed application to remove herself from the medical register
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As proceedings reached the halfway stage, Dr Steen was expected to give evidence but instead on Monday her legal team submitted a second bid for voluntary erasure. "The GMC's report has been served in response. In short, the GMC will be resisting this application."The tribunal, sitting remotely, will hear evidence in private on the issue of Dr Steen's health from expert doctors, with a decision likely to be given next week.
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