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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kim Pilling

‘Doctor persisted with failure to be transparent over death of nine-year-old’

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A doctor failed to give a clear account of a child’s treatment up to a decade after her death, a tribunal has heard.

Dr Heather Steen is accused of trying to cover up the true circumstances of nine-year-old Claire Roberts’ death at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in October 1996.

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