A doctor accused of failing to spot Tottenham youngster Baby P's abuse days before his death is seeking to have her name removed from the medical register, a disciplinary panel has heard.

A doctor will appear before the UK's General Medical Council today accused of failing to spot that Baby Peter was suffering abuse two days before his death.

Baby Peter could have been saved if managers at a London hospital where he was treated had listened to fears raised by senior doctors more than a year before the toddler’s death, a consultant paediatrician said today.