Tribunal of Dr Helen Webberley I - Facts Stage
How it began
The MPTS (Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) hearing in relation to Dr Helen Webberley was initiated following a complaint in December 2016, by Peter Hindmarsh, a professor of paediatric endocrinology at University College London. Following investigation of the complaint, HW was suspended from practicing as a doctor on an interim basis in December 2018. A hearing was then scheduled to hear evidence on the allegations against her which are summarised here and copied below.
The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that, between March 2016 and November 2016, Dr Webberley failed to provide good clinical care to three patients, and that in September 2016 she prescribed inappropriately to two patients.
The tribunal will also inquire into the allegation that, on 10 January 2017, during an unannounced CQC inspection of Dr Matt Limited where Dr Webberley was the Safeguarding Lead, she was unaware of, and had never seen, the safeguarding policy.
The tribunal will further inquire into allegations that Dr Webberley’s conduct was dishonest in relation to information she provided to the GMC and the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, and in her failure to provide relevant information to a pharmacy.
The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that, when acting as the principal provider of the Gender GP website, Dr Webberley attempted to avoid the regulatory framework of the United Kingdom,
The tribunal will also inquire into the allegation that, on 5 October 2018 at Mid Wales (Merthyr Tydfil) Magistrates’ Court, Dr Webberley was convicted of two counts in relation to the carrying on or managing of an independent medical agency without being registered under the Care Standards Act 2000, and was fined £12,000.
Facts Stage
There are three stages to an MPTS hearing as set out here. We began our reporting on day 1 of the hearing for a finding on the facts which ran from 26 July 2021 to 5 Oct 2021 with deliberations between 11th and 22nd April 2022. Determination on the facts was handed down 22 April 2022 and ran to 203 pages. The full determination can be read here.
36 allegations were proven and 83 allegations were unproven. See here for a report on the outcome by Dave Hewitt No Competence Needed - by Dave Hewitt - Void if removed (substack.com).
Following this, HW’s fitness to practice was judged as impaired and sanctions were applied. Please go to Tribunal of Dr. Helen Webberley II - Impairment and Sanctions for more details.
Tweet threads
Note: Tribunal Tweets was formed to cover the MPTS tribunal of Helen Webberley. We were and continue to be a group of volunteers working for transparency and open justice on matters of public interest. Our current process captures and stores our reporting as archived tweet threads, linked from this Substack. We reported in person from the MPTS and were developing our processes. We are recovering and cataloguing that early coverage. The tweet threads below may have gaps but is what we have available. We hope to capture and catalogue the contemporaneous reporting. We will update as appropriate.
Tweet threads currently available
July 2021
26 July 2021 - part one, part two
27 July 2021 - part one, part two
28 July 2021 - part one, part two
29, 30 July 2021 - threads not available
August 2021
2 August 2021 - part one, part two
3 August 2021 - part one, part two
4 August 2021 - part one, part two
6 August 2021 - part one, part two
9 August 2021 - part one, part two, part three, part four, part five
12 August 2021 - part one, part two
13 August 2021 - complete day
16 August 2021 - part one, part two
17 August 2021 - part one, part two
18 August 2021 - not available
19 August 2021 - complete day
20 August 2021 - part one, part two
23 August 2021 - part one, part two, part three, part four
24 August 2021 - part one, part two
31 August 2021 - part one
September 2021
1 September 2021 - complete day
2 September 2021 - part one, part two
3 September 2021 - part one, part two
6 September 2021 - complete day
9 September 2021 - complete day
10 September 2021 - complete day
11 September 2021 - complete day
13 September 2021 - part one, part two
17 September 2021 - complete day
20 September 2021 - complete day
21 September 2021 - part one, part two
22 September 2021 - part one, part two
23 September 2021 - complete day
24 September 2021 - part one, part two
27 September 2021 - complete day
29 September 2021 - part one, part two
30 September 2021 - complete day
October 2021
4 October 2021 - part one
8 October 2021 - part one
Press coverage
Here are links to a selection of relevant press coverage about HW’s case. These links are included without comment and are not endorsed by Tribunal Tweets. This is a sample of coverage only, with most recent first - it is not comprehensive. Please DM our main Twitter account to submit coverage from an established news outlet. Any paywalled article must be archived.
28 February 2024 - The Telegraph - NHS Issues Urgent Warning For Discredited Gender Clinic