Senior children’s doctor sacked by hospital after being charged over indecent images of children
Consultant paediatrician was suspended when he was first arrested but has now been sacked
A children's doctor has been sacked after he was charged by police over indecent images of children.
The consultant paediatrician was suspended when he was arrested but has since been let go after the official charge was given against him.
Jonathan Walsh, 46, of Wordsworth Avenue, Barnstaple, Devon, is charged with seven counts of making and distributing indecent images of children.
He was fired from North Devon District Hospital (NDDH) when he was charged on June 15.
A special hotline has been set up at the Northern Devon Healthcare Trust for anyone concerned to call in.
George Thomson, Medical Director for Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, said: "This news has deeply shaken our whole team at NDDH and we know it will also shock the community.
"At the launch of the police investigation in September 2015 we took immediate action to exclude Dr Walsh from working at the Trust and informed the General Medical Council.
"It is our understanding that none of these charges relate to contact offences and none of these images relate to patients at North Devon District Hospital.
"As of June 15 we dismissed Dr Walsh from our employment with immediate effect."
Dr Walsh is due to appear at Barnstaple Magistrates Court on July 15 at 2pm.
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