Helen Webberley is the doctor that mermaids refer people to.
She was recently convicted of running an unlicensed clinic. The GMC are investigating her.
But this isn’t her first clinic that’s been investigated.
https://web.archive.org/web/2019012...k/news/amp/uk-wales-south-east-wales-39520785
One of these websites was reprimanded for giving out a prescription in just 17 seconds:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171105182041/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-39450191
The care quality commission (cqc) investigates one of her clinics and this report is damning to say the least. Edited to add: one of these links says she charged 150quid an hour, so increase my rough figures accordingly.
https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAG2254.pdf
(Not sure how to archive that, when I try, it just saves the first page so if anyone wants to archive it please do.)
Note the amount of money being made from prescriptions here- a private prescription in the UK will cost about 75- 100 quid. Probably nearer the upper end of that in this case because there are so few doctors who would prescribe blockers or hormones. So the report says 6700 prescriptions in a year - that’s half/three quarters of a million quid a year with almost no overheads.
Webberley also has three companies listed at companies house.
https://web.archive.org/web/2019012...cers/0avnd55-K20fi2CA7zfnh3P_r8A/appointments
With a further one closed.
While of course it’s not illegal to do this, it would be interesting to have a look at their accounts. Anyone with more financial acumen than me fancy doing it?
The above shows clearly that webberly is making a lot of cash from all this. The cqc report is damning on the risk to minors from poor safeguarding and practices.