To the Editor: I read with interest the accounts of de Costa, Walton, and Flynn and Atkinson dealing with the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) of the NSW Medical Board and the behaviour of the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC).1-3 I would like to add a few comments arising from my personal experience of appearing before the PSC.
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- Marrickville, NSW.
Correspondence: rfgorman@hotmail.com
- 1. de Costa CM. Out of the shadows. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 331-332.
- 2. Walton MM. Out of the shadows commentary. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 332-334.
- 3. Flynn JM, Atkinson J. Out of the shadows commentary. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 334-335.
- 4. Dunford JH. Judgment 30005/98. Richard Gorman v Health Care Complaints Commission and ors. September 2, 1998.
- 5. Gorman v Health Care Complaints Commission (2000) NSWSC 1228.
- 6. Gorman v Health Care Complaints Commission. Medical Tribunal 40026/2002.
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