Consultant gynaecologist challenges suspension

The High Court will rule later this month on a consultant gynaecologist's appeal against a one-year suspenion imposed by the Medical Council over treatment she provided to a number of her patients, including a woman who later died.

Last June Dr Andrea Hermann (aged 46) was suspended, with conditions on her future work, after being found guilty of professional misconduct by the Medical Council following a recommendation by a council's Fitness to Practise committee.