Sick and Tired - BBC

Sick & Tired was a British TV episode made by the BBC and broadcast in 1999 on British television. A transcript of the production is available. Viewers left comments on the BBC web site after the show aired. A comment on The British Medical Journal (BMJ) web site referred to the show as "a hatchet job". The episode was a documentary that included commentary about a child seriously ill with ME/CFS whose parents stated he was placed on the social services "At risk" register for child abuse as a result of pediatrician Alan Stanton's intervention.

The BMJ later published an article referring to the programme, and to the harassment of doctors by parents that they had accused of harming their children, the article showed support for both Sir Roy Meadows and Dr David Southall, both doctors who were found to have given inaccurate medical testimony that helped convict parents of killing their children. The article also falsely claimed one mother had been found guilty of perjury; the BMJ published a correction stating this was not true.

Complaints
Great Ormond St children's hospital and Dr Michael Prendergast lodged complaints, parts of which were upheld.