Recent content by Eddy Phipps

I would imagine that he work at BE events through word of mouth and would assume that when was first engaged his qualifications were possibly checked, however he was able to continue without his credentials being varified with the GMC on a regular basis. It is really straight forward to check...

Having recently see the full report from the MPTS it was shocking to see that British Eventing raised a query to Doctor Charitou in 2015 as to his status. On the 6th October 2015 (over 7 months prior to my fall at Borde Hill) they received reassurances from Charitou that he held a license to...

Just for clarification. AFTER I advised the GMC and BE of my findings, Doctor Charitou was still down to officiate at Farley Hall (fortunately it was cancelled due to rain in 2016) and Tweseldown at the beginning of July. I was so concerned that he was still being used that I contacted the GMC...

Totally agree, I undertook my own investigation into Doctor Charitou and on the 21st June 2016 when I discovered that he did not hold a license to practice medicine in the UK and hadn't for 15 months, I reported him immediately (verbally and in writing) to both the GMC and BE. The GMC took...

My major concern is for safety. I don't want anyone to go through what I have and while I fully appreciate that the organisers wouldn't have hired an unlicensed doctor deliberately, all organisers need to be aware of how easy it is to check a doctors status.

No unfortunately not! - I've been completely ignored by Borde Hill. BE made it very clear that it is the organisers responsibility to ensure that the right medical cover is in place, but I've been unable to make contact with them! My major concern is for safety in a high risk sport, but it...

At the time of my accident he was a registered doctor but without a license to practise in the UK. I would assume that it is highly unlikely that he was covered by any insurance as he was acting without a license. I did ask Borde Hill for their insurance details, but they ignored me.

I totally agree, it is so simple to find out the status of a doctor, so all the more surprising that Doctor Charitou attended dozens of BE events over a 15 month period without being checked. This is a high risk sport and competitors are at their most vulnerable after a serious accident, there...

Totally agree checks should be in place, unfortunately there sadly doesn't appear to be any such procedure in place. I'm sure that no organiser deliberately means to break the rules however for me safety is paramount.

My concern is for the safety of competitors. BE have made it very clear in their rules that any doctor attending an event in an official capacity MUST have a license to practise medicine and that it is entirely the responsibility of the event organiser to ensure that they run within the rules...

I would suspect he had been working at BE events prior to losing his license and I totally agree it's so easy just to keep using the same doctor without rechecking. However as the checking of a doctor's status is so straightforward, it would be reassuring for competitors to know that this is...

Doctor Charitou lost his licence to practise on the 10th March 2015, my accident was at the end of May 2016 but I didn't investigate until I left hospital. On the 21st June 2016 I notified the GMC and BE of my findings. During this 15 month period dozens of BE events used him. As a...

At the time of my accident Doctor Charitou was a registered doctor but didn't have a license to practise medicine in the UK. There is no dispute that the treatment given to me at the event was negilient After I advised the GMC that Doctor Charitou was practicing medicine in the UK, he was...

The GMC advised of the following: "The hearing has now ended and the Tribunal decided to erase the doctor’s name from the medical register and impose an immediate suspension. This means that the Tribunal found Dr Charitou’s conduct to be fundamentally incompatible with continued...

The on-duty doctor who treated me negligently following my fall at Borde Hill Horse Trials, where I sustained life changing injuries, has been struck off. As a direct result of my own investigation I discovered that he had been regularly attending BE events in an official capacity as a Medical...