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05/07/2008 01:11. The latest case against paediatrician Dr David Southall has been dismissed by a General Medical Council hearing.

He and two other doctors were accused of not gaining the correct consent during a medical trail of a new type of ventilator for premature babies.

Dr Southall, Dr Andrew Spencer and Dr Martin Samuels, of North Staffordshire Hospital, all denied the charges.

Dr Southall has already been struck off the medical register over another case, although he is appealing that ruling.

The latest case related to trials in the early 1990s which involved placing premature babies into low pressure incubators so they could breathe unaided.

It follows a campaign by Stoke-on-Trent couple Carl and Deborah Henshall.

In December 2005, the Court of Appeal ruled the GMC should review its... // BBC News