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Victims Misdiagnosed By Doctor Are Paid £4m Compensation
Over 100 people who have been misdiagnosed by a Doctor in Leicester have been awarded compensation.
The Doctor mistakenly declared that more than 600 patients were epileptic whilst working for the NHS. The results of the inquiry indicated that the Doctor had misdiagnosed 618 cases and put 500 children on the wrong dose of medication.
Many of his victims were prescribed a debilitating cocktail of drugs when some were simply suffering from headaches.
The resultant compensation pay out has been in excess of £4 million, with amounts varying from sums of a few hundred pounds to around £240,000.
Dr Holton was suspended in 2001 after a series of complaints dating back to 1995. It was ruled by the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel in January 2006, that his professional performance was "seriously deficient". Dr Holton was later allowed to return to work with the condition that he didn't work with children.
