A senior doctor who claimed Baby P could have been saved if her warnings had been heeded is suing Britain's National Health Service (NHS) for compensation, it was revealed today.

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.

Health bosses in the UK will publish their report today into claims Baby P could have been saved if managers at a hospital where he was treated had listened to fears raised by senior doctors more than a year before the toddler’s 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.