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·Dr Matthew Neame; Thirlwall Inquiry

Dr Matthew Neame — witness evidence (Thirlwall Inquiry)

Dr Matthew Neame, consultant paediatrician, gave Thirlwall Inquiry evidence on unit conditions, the consultants' escalation and his role in the internal reviews during 2015–16.

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Context

Dr Matthew Neame, consultant paediatrician, gave Thirlwall Inquiry evidence covering the cluster period and the consultants’ collective escalation.

Key ground

Dr Matthew Neame

My recollection is that the pattern we were seeing was outside anything I had encountered in my career. The expectation we had, as consultants, was that management would treat a collective professional warning in writing as the most serious kind of warning. That did not happen.
Thirlwall Inquiry witness evidence

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Dr Brearey, the September 2016 letter.

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Contains public-sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Original source: thirlwall.inquiry.gov.uk . Mirrored on this site on 2026-04-21.