Copies of emails and correspondence between the Scottish Children's
Reporter Administration and Executive officials with regard to the
review of cases related to Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy for the entire
period of 2004
Emails and correspondence between Alan D Miller (SCRA), Rachel Gwyon (SEED) other Executive officials related to the review of cases related to Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy for the entire period of 2004.
The following documents can be downloaded (all files are in pdf format).
19 January 2004 09.18: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy
19 January 2004 10.51: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Gill Ottley; Kirstie Maclean; Boyd McAdam; Stella Perrott; Catherine Rainey; Dr Linda De Caestecker; Roger Halliday re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy + attachment
19 January 2004 11.00: E-mail form Boyd McAdam to Gordon Watt re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
19 January 2004 11.51 : E-mail from Maureen Verrall to Gerald Byrne; Gill Ottley; Kirstie MacLean; Boyd McAdam; Stella Perrott; Catherine Rainey; Dr Linda De Caestecker; Roger Halliday; Colin MacLean; Fiona McKinlay; Ross N Campbell; Angus Skinner; Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
19 January 2004 12.06: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Minister for Education & Young People; Deputy Minister for Education & Young People re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
19 January 2004 12.27: E-mail from Catherine Rainey to Dr Linda De Caestecker re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
19 January 2004 16.57: E-mail from John McCroskie on behalf of Press Justice to Gerald Byrne; Gery McLaughlin; Rona Tatler re. Adoption line re. Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy + attachment
19 January 2004 17.17: E-mail from John McCroskie on behalf of Press Justice to Gerald Byrne; Gery McLaughlin; Rona Tatler; Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Fiona McKinlay; Maureen Verrall; Laura Curran (Press Officer)
19 January 2004 17.47: E-mail from Catherine Rainey to Dr Linda De Caestecker re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
19 January 2004 17.52: E-mail from Gill Ottley to Catherine Rainey; Dr Sharon Vincent; Gerald Byrne re. Adoption line re - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
19 January 2004 18.02: E-mail from Maureen Verrall to Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Minister for Education & Young People; Deputy Minister for Education & Young People; Laura Curran (Press Officer) re. Lines re. Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
20 January 2004 17.08: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Education) to Gerald Byrne; Boyd McAdam; Maureen Verrall re. Urgent - line requested + BBC News Article - Wider cot deaths review considered
20 January 2004 17.16: E-mail from Boyd McAdam to Rona Dunbar (Press Education); Gerald Byrne; Maureen Verrall
20 January 2004 18.11: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Education) to Howard Hart; Press Justice; G Byrne; Maureen Verrall; Boyd McAdam; Fiona McKinlay;Gill Ottley; Kirstie MacLean; Colin MacLean; Angus Skinner; Linda De Caestecker; Ross Neil Campbell; Catherine Rainey; Press Education; Gordon Watt; Rachel Gwyon; Alison Shields re. Civil proceedings
21 January 2004 14.24: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Education) to Boyd McAdam; Maureen Verrall; Gerald Byrne re. Munchausen's
21 January 2004 16.57: E-mail from Boyd McAdam to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. children removed solely on the basis of, now disputed expert evidence - MBPS
22 January 2004 11.09: E-mail from Gill Ottley to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Children removed solely on the basis of, now disputed, expert evidence - MBPS
23 January 2004 10.59: E-mail from Kirstie MacLean to Gerald Byrne; Gill Ottley; Boyd McAdam; Stella Perrott; Catherine Rainey; Linda De Caestecker; Roger Halliday re. Adoption- Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
26 January 2004 10.10: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne; Maureen Verrall re. Urgent - line re. Scotsman Story
26 January 2004 11.07: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne re. Number of cases affected by MSPB
26 January 2004 15.11: E-mail from Stella Perrott to Gerald Byrne; Gill Ottley; Kirstie Maclean; Linda De Caestecker; Roger Halliday re. Adoption - Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
27 January 2004 08.46: E-mail from Derek Jackson on behalf of PS/ED to Gerald Byrne re. Scott Barrie PQ S2W-05717
27 January 2004 08.56: E-mail from Maureen Verrall to G Byrne; Susan Neilands re. First Minister's Questions for Thursday 29 January 2004 + Section D - Oral Questions selected for answer on 29 January 2004
27 January 2004 12.00: E-mail from Amber Galbraith to Gerald Byrne re. Cot Deaths
27 January 2004 12.20: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Amber Galbraith re. Cot deaths
27 January 2004 16.24: E-mail from Bruce Clark to Gerald Byrne re. First Minister's Question + copy of Judgement file Case No. 200201711 D3 between Regina V Angela Cannings
28 January 2004 17.58: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Maureen Verrall re. S2F-00577 - Munchausen's by Proxy
30 January 2004 18.28: E-mail from Lexy Plumtree to Gerald Byrne re. Give careful thought to what is best for the child says BAAF
5 February 2004 15.06: E-mail from Boyd McAdam to Gerald Byrne; Rachel Gwyon; Maureen Verrall; Gordon Watt; Colin MacLean re. S2W-05717 from Scott Barrie MSP
6 February 2004 16.22: E-mail form Gerald Byrne to Amber Galbraith re. Infant Deaths
6 February 2004 16.30: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Paul Parr re. Sudden Infant deaths
9 February 2004 15.33: E-mail from Amber Galbraith to Gerald Byrne re. Infant Deaths
10 February 2004 14.06: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne re. Lines re. MSBP + BBC News Article - Review of baby death convictions
20 February 2004 09.42: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Graham Jackson re. Sudden Infant deaths
20 February 2004 14.57: E-mail from G Byrne to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Monday's DfES announcement + BBC News - article Wider Cot Deaths Review considered
20 February 2004 15.03: E-mail from Roan Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne; Susan Neilands re. Info from DfES
20 February 2004 16.06: E-mail from G Watt to G Byrne re. Sudden Infant Deaths
23 February 2004 15.16: E-mail from Bruce Clark to Eilis McDaniel; Gerald Byrne re. Cannings statement + Oral Statement by Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Children, Young People and Families to the House of Commons
23 February 2004 16.38: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Bruce Clark; Eilis McDaniel re. Cannings statement + Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy/Sudden Infant Death cases
24 February 2004 11.58: E-mail from Howard Hart to Rona Dunbar (Press Officer) re: Lines re. Munchausen's and sudden infant death cases
27 February 2004 14.44: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rona Dunbar; Gerald Watt re. SCRA Press lines
27 February 2004 16.53: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Gordon Watt re. SCRA Press Line
2004: Local Authority Circular - Review of Children's Cases - Summary
2 March 2004 14.55: E-mail from Gill Short (SCRA) to Gordon Watt re. Cannings Judgement - Interim Report + copy of SCRA Review of Cases - Interim Report
2 March 2004 17.47: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Maureen Verrall; Rachel Gwyon; Boyd McAdam; Press Education re. Cannings Judgement - Interim Report
3 March 2004 09.39: E-mail from Maureen Verrall to Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Gerald Byrne re. MSPB lines
3 March 2004 09.47: E-mail from Boyd McAdam to Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Maureen Verrall; Matthew Marr re. MSBP lines
3 March 2004 14.10: E-mail from Gill Short (SCRA) to Gerald Byrne; G Watt re. Cannings Judgement - Interim Report
4 March 2004 11.05: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Alan D Miller re. SCRA Interim Report on MSBP
4 March 2004 15.07: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Maureen Verrall; Gerald Byrne; Rachel Gwyon; Gordon Watt re. MSPBs/SIDs Press lines + attachment Press lines on Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy/Infant Sudden Death Syndrome
5 March 2004: Letter from Alan D Miller (SCRA) to Rachel Gwyon, Head of Division - Children & Young People's Group re. Cannings Judgement: Interim Report on Review of Cases + copy of Interim Report
5 March 2004 11.37: E-mail from Matthew Marr to Maureen Verrall; Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Rachel Gwyon; Gordon Watt re. MSPB/SIDS press lines + attachment Press lines on Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy/Infant Sudden Death Syndrome
5 March 2004 11.58: E-mail from John Booth to Maureen Verrall; Gerald Byrne re. Munchausen's
5 March 2004 12.07: E-mail from Matthew Marr to Maureen Verrall; Rona Dunbar; Gerald Byrne; Rachel Gwyon; G Watt to MSBP/SIDs press lines + attachment Pres line on Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy/Infant Sudden Death Syndrome
5 March 2004 12.28: E-mail from Matthew Marr to Maureen Verrall; Rona Dunbar (Press Office); G Byrne; R Gwyon; G Watt re. MSBPs/SIDs Press lines
8 March 2004: Letter from Rachel Gwyon to Alan D Miller re. Cannings Judgement: Interim Report on Review of Cases
8 March 2004 09.49: E-mail from Stella Perrott to Gerald Byrne; Linda De Caestecker; Catherine Rainey re. MSPB + attachment BBC News article Doctors fear child abuse cases
7 April 2004 14.35: E-mail form Gerald Byrne to Boyd McAdam, Eddie McConnell (SCRA) re. further media interest in MSBP/SIDS
7 April 2004 16.28: E-mail from Boyd McAdam to Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Gerald Byrne re. Further media interest in MSBP/SIDS
7 April 2004 16.51: E-mail from John Booth to Rona Dunbar; Gerald Byrne re. Further media interest in MSBP/SIDS
7 April 2004 17.15: E-mail from Rona Dunbar to Communications(SCRA): re. Further media interest in MSPB/SIDS
7 April 2004 18.08: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Boyd McAdam; Gerald Byrne; Matthew Marr; Marion MacKay re. MSPB/SIPS lines/E-mail from Boyd McAdam to Gerald Byrne; Rona Dunbar; Matthew Marr; Marion MacKay re. MSBP/SIDs lines
13 April 2004 07.47: E-mail from Joan Kay on behalf of Maureen Verrall to Gerald Byrne; Joan Fraser re. Further media interest in MSBP/SIDS
13 April 2004 15.01: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Gerald Byrne re. Cannings Review
19 April 2004 18.13: E-mail from Rachel Gwyon to Maureen Verrall; Rona Dunbar; G Watt re. SCRA Cannings/E-mail from Maureen Verrall to Rona Dunbar (Press Office); Gordon Watt re. SCRA Cannings
20 April 2004 16.59: E-mail from Rachel Gwyon to Maureen Verrall; Gill Ottley; Catherine Rainey: Gerald Byrne; Gordon Watt re. Cannings Judgement: Report on Phase 3 of Review of cases/E-mail from Alan Miller to Rachel Gwyon re. Cannings Judgement: Report on Phase 3 of Review of Cases + copy of Report Phase 3
23 April 2004 14.14: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Ross N Campbell re. SCRA MSBP review exercise + copy of report Cannings Judgement/SCRA Review of cases: Report on Phase 3
30 April 2004 09.45: E-mail from Rona Dunbar to Gerald Byrne; Gordon Watt re. Press lines re. MSPB/SID + attachment
6 May 2004 16.00: E-mail from Ross N Campbell to Gerald Byrne re. SLIC Legal Update - 6 May 2004 + attachment
7 May 2004: Letter from Alan D Miller (SCRA) to Rachel Gwyon, Head of Division Young People & Looked After Children re. Cannings Judgement - SCRA Review of cases + copy of Report Cannings Judgement/SCRA Review of cases - Final Report
14 May 2004: Copy of Judgment file - case no. B1/2004/0182 PTA Before the President Lord Justice Thorpe and Lord Justice Mantell
14 May 2004 17.08: E-mail from Shirley Laing to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Press lines on MSBP
17 May 2004 11.13: E-mail from Rona Dunbar(Press Office) to Shirley Laing; G Watt re Press lines on MSBP
18 May 2004 15.15: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Gordon Watt; Press Education re. MSBP line for debate
21 May 2004 13.38: E-mail from Gill short (SCRA) to Rachel Gwyon re. SCRA Review and Findings + copy of report Cannings Judgement - SCRA Review and Findings
21 May 2004 14.11: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Press Education; Shirley Laing re. SCRA Review and Findings/E-mail from Gill Short to Rachel Gwyon re. SCRA Review and Findings
21 May 2004 15.29: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Gerald Byrne; Boyd McAdam; Press Education; re. S2W-08374 - MSBP
21 May 2004 16.57: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rona Dunbar re. MSBP/: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Gordon Watt; Boyd McAdam; Press Education re. S2W-08374 - MSBP + attachment re. Parliamentary Question from Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollock) (Lab)
21 May 2004 17.18: E-mail from Rona Dunbar(Press Office) to Michael Berry (Press Office); Stephen Orr; Samantha Fiander; Gerald Byrne; Gerald Watt; Shirley Laing; Matthew Marr re. Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
1 June 2004 10.26: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. MSBP + attachment Judges dash mothers' hopes of children's return + Call for review of child care cases
1 June 2004 10.43: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Press First Minister; Mark Hannan re. Care Orders
2 June 2004 10.42: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Alison Shields; Press First Minister; Shirley Laing; Gordon Watt re. Press Ed lines
2 June 2004 13.17: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Marion MacKay; Gerald Byrne; Shirley Laing; Matthew Marr re. MSBP lines - amendment
13 July 2004 17.17: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Press Education; Shirley Laing re. Munchausen's by Proxy Review Civil cases + Brix note
3 August 2004 15.23: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rachael Weir re. SCRA Review and findings/E-mail from Gill Short (SCRA) to Rachel Gwyon re. SCRA Review and findings + copy of Report Cannings Judgement - SCRA Review and Findings
29 August 2004: Letter from Euan Robson, Deputy Minister for Education & Young People to Nicola Sturgeon MSP re. Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy + letter from Nicola Sturgeon to Peter Peacock, Minister for Education and Children dated 9 July 2004
1 September 2004 16.40: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Gerald Byrne re. MSBP
6 September 2004 11.00: E-mail from G Byrne to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Lord Goldsmith's review of cot deaths
6 September 2004 11.15: E-mail from Rachel Gwyon to Gordon Watt; Rachel Edgar; Gerald Byrne re. MSBP Report & Brittle Bones
15 September 2004 15.34: E-mail from Rachel Weir to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Lord Goldsmith's review of cot deaths/ E-mail from Rona Dunbar to Rachel Weir
17 September 2004 8.44: E-mail from Gordon Watt to Gerald Byrne re. Munchausen's again
17 September 2004 11.44: E-mail from Rachel Weir to Gerald Byrne; Shirley Laing; Gill Short; Alan Miller; Gordon Watt; Ross N Campbell; Catherine Rainey; Linda De Caetecker …
17 September 2004 11.58: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rachel Weir re. Munchausen's again/E-mail from Rachel Weir to Gerald Byrne; Shirley Laing; Gill Short; Alan Miller; Gordon Watt; Ross N Campbell; Catherine Rainey
21 September 2004 17.51: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne Sudden infant deaths + attachment BBC News - Child death inquiries set for change
24 September 2004 14.02: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Rachel Edgar and Shirley Laing re. MSPB statement and Q & A + attachment
27 September 2004 14.20: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne re. SCRA Report + attachment
28 September 2004 13.18: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. IMMEDIATE - MSPB press lines + attachment
28 September 2004 15.12: E-mail from Ronal Dunbar (Press Office) to Mark Hirst - SCRA re. MSBP Report
28 September 2004 17.13: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Bruce Clark re. Cannings Judgement
29 September 2004 10.13: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Minister for Education & Young People; Deputy Minister for Education & Young People; Rachel Edgar; Gerald Byrne re. Final version of MSBP Statement + copy of Media Handling for SCRA Report re. MSBP
29 September 2004 10.27: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Rachel Weir re. Publication of SCRA's MSBP Report/E-mail Rachel Weir to Gerald Byrne
29 September 2004 10.28: E-mail from Rona Dunbar (Press Office) to Gerald Byrne and Mark Hirst Final version of MSBP statement + Media Handling for SCRA Report re MSBP report
29 September 2004 10.31: E-mail from Gerald Byrne to Jackie Robeson (SCRA) re. MSBP - IMMEDIATE with copy of MEDIA HANDLING FOR SCRA REPORT RE MSBP
29 September 2004 11.02: E-mail from Mark Hirst to Gerald Byrne Accompanying text for website
29 September 2004 11.14: E-mail from Mark Hirst to Gerald Byrne with copy re Cannings Judgement - SCRA Review and Findings
29 September 2004 11.28: E-mail from G Byrne to Rona Dunbar (Press Office) re. Accompanying text for website
11 October 2004 10.37: E-mail from Marion MacKay on behalf of Press Education to Gerald Byrne re: MSBP - SoS story/E-mail for Gerald Byrne to Press Education + copy of article Scotland on Sunday - Lost without trace: the families who were torn apart on a whim