Eva Carneiro defended amid Mourinho spat as colleagues raise 'huge concerns' over Chelsea doctor's treatment

Gaining support: Carneiro has received widespread backing after Chelsea's actions
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Charlie Doris12 August 2015

The Premier League Doctors Group has slammed Jose Mourinho’s treatment of Dr Eva Carneiro and Jon Fearn claiming that his behaviour was ‘unjust’ and that the Chelsea boss should prioritise the wellbeing of his players before results.

The group believe that Mourinho is guilty of putting results before his player’s health after he launched a scathing attack at Carneiro for entering the field of play to treat Eden Hazard.

Since the well-publicised spat, Chelsea have demoted Carneiro and Fearn who, despite keeping their official titles, will not travel with the squad to the Etihad Stadium this Saturday, cannot attend training sessions or enter the team hotel.

In response to the club’s actions, the Premier League Doctors Group, led by West Brom’s director of performance Mark Gillett, have leaped to the defence of the duo and claim that Carneiro and Fearn were carrying out their professional duties.

“The Premier League Doctor’s Group considers that removing Dr Eva Carneiro from the Chelsea team bench for their next match is unjust in the extreme. In the publicised incident in last Saturday’s game against Swansea, the Chelsea medical staff were clearly summoned on to the field of play by the match referee to attend to a player. A refusal to run onto the pitch would have breached the duty of care required of the medical team to their patient.

“It is a huge concern that Dr Carneiro has been subjected to unprecedented media scrutiny and a change in her professional role, merely because she adhered to her code of professional conduct and did her job properly.

“Dr Carneiro has universal and total support from her medical colleagues at the Premier League Doctors Group. It is also of great concern that at a time when the both the Premier League and the Premier League Doctors group are intensifying efforts to safeguard player welfare, the precedent set by this incident demonstrates that the medical care of players appears to be secondary to the result of the game.

“Much progress has been made in the provision of pitch side medical care for Premier League players over the last 10 years. This incident highlights that there is more work to be done, with a pressing need to further establish and highlight the explicit role of a Premier League doctor with our colleagues at the LMA and PFA.”

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