Ian Paterson: Surgeon wounded hundreds amid 'culture of denial' Feb 2020 (UK)

Sly Saint

Sly Saint

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Just been hearing about this:
A culture of "avoidance and denial" allowed a breast surgeon to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women, a report has found.

An independent inquiry into Ian Paterson's malpractice has recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their surgery to be assessed.

Paterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.

One of Paterson's colleagues has been referred to police and five more to health watchdogs by the inquiry.

The disgraced breast surgeon worked with cancer patients at NHS and private hospitals in the West Midlands over 14 years.
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The opening words of the Paterson inquiry are striking. The chair, Rt Revd Graham James, says this was "far worse" than simply a story about a rogue surgeon though that itself was tragic.
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He says the healthcare system was dysfunctional at every level when it came to keeping patients safe. And this was less than a decade ago.

He suggests there are currently more than enough regulators with sufficient budgets, but they still aren't doing enough collectively to keep patients safe.

Chillingly he says that based on evidence from clinicians as opposed to regulators something similar could happen now.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-51369881

Can't find the direct quote but apparently the inquiry also said that he should have been suspended while the inquiry was ongoing, not allowed to continue with his malpractice.

relevent for pwME as CBT/GET treatment has continued to be offered as 'treatment' inspite of the current review of the NICE guidelines. Also nothing has been put in place to register harm caused by these treatments. That's before you even get to the supposed 'evidence' behind them.
 
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