MSG 'delighted' St Pier appeal thrown out

The complaints surround a speech Deputy Gavin St Pier made in April 2022

The chair of Guernsey's Medical Specialist Group (MSG) is "delighted" an appeal against a ruling that Depty Gavin St Pier broke States rules has been thrown out.

Deputy Commissioner for Standards Martin Jelley dismissed St Pier's appeal against a ruling in 2023 that he breached the States code of conduct.

Originally an independent panel ruled some of St Pier's comments were "seriously and fundamentally misleading", during a speech on safeguarding in April 2022.

States members will vote on whether to formally reprimand St Pier in October. St Pier has declined to comment.

MSG Chair Dr Steve Evans said this decision "completely justified" why the MSG brought a complaint against the former chief minister.

The three complaints from the MSG, British Medical Association and Dr Sandie Bohin were made following a speech where St Pier named Dr Bohin as one of the clinicians involved in an investigation into safeguarding concerns, which found no wrongdoing.

Dr Evans said: "We are delighted and relieved that the more than two-year ordeal for our consultant paediatrician Dr Sandie Bohin is coming to an end.

"Deputy St Pier’s conduct was grossly and manifestly unfair to Dr Bohin.

"By naming her in the States on 27 April 2022 and by making misleading statements, he caused serious damage not just to her reputation but also to trust in the medical profession and the safeguarding service in Guernsey as a whole."