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Ian Paterson recall of 11,000 patients

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smileylottie87 · 04/02/2020 12:54

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-birmingham-51369881

Patients were let down at every level and they are investigating 23 potential deaths caused by him.

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BovaryX · 04/02/2020 13:19

Patients were let down by the healthcare system "at every level" said inquiry chair Rt Revd Graham James, who identified "multiple individual and organisational failures"."There was a culture of avoidance and denial, an alarming loss of corporate memory and an offloading of responsibility at every level," he said

Report after report finds the same problems. That the institutional culture of the NHS is flawed, that patients are not the priority, and that complaints against medical staff are not taken seriously.

FrogsFrogs · 04/02/2020 13:16

This case is utterly appalling thank you for posting the update I hadn't seen it.

ZuttZeVootEeeVro · 04/02/2020 13:14

Patients were let down by the healthcare system "at every level" said inquiry chair Rt Revd Graham James, who identified "multiple individual and organisational failures".

"There was a culture of avoidance and denial, an alarming loss of corporate memory and an offloading of responsibility at every level," he said.

This didn't happen because of one egotistical surgeon, it was a failure by lots of different people in lots of roles.

My heart goes out to the people affected.

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smileylottie87 · 04/02/2020 13:14

Also please excuse my error in the OP, I meant 23 deaths potentially caused by him, not 23 potential deaths.

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littlbrowndog · 04/02/2020 13:14

Were not was

littlbrowndog · 04/02/2020 13:14

I don’t understand why he would do such things.

Why was people so frightened by him

EcocabbyRickShaw · 04/02/2020 13:11

In a previous life I worked at one of the hospitals where it happened, and with some of the patients who had been affected.

This consultant was a bully - staff were terrified of him and didn't dare challenge him. Some did try, I believe. (He wasn't there for very long after I started and I didn't have any direct dealings myself). With hindsight it's really hard to see how one man could have been accorded such power, and not just at one hospital, but several, private and NHS.

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smileylottie87 · 04/02/2020 13:07

"Many simply avoided or worked round him. Some could have known, while others should have known, and a few must have known."

Anyone who did know should also face charges in my opinion and certainly never work as a medical professional ever again. How will these women ever be able to trust a doctor again?

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jadefinch · 04/02/2020 13:07

According to the reports there was (and clearly still is) a culture in the NHS of not believing that a doctor could be causing so much harm to patients.

It's precisely that culture that's led to Harrop and Webberley still being allowed to practice (albeit Webberley now operates from Spain and Harrop is talking about emigrating).

littlbrowndog · 04/02/2020 13:07

A few must have known

Just so shocking

littlbrowndog · 04/02/2020 13:03

Women’s life’s changed for ever. Told they had breast cancer.

How can a surgeon do this and no one was brave enough to say something

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smileylottie87 · 04/02/2020 13:03

I can't believe it, I genuinely don't understand what would drive someone to do this. Why perform the unnecessary surgeries?

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littlbrowndog · 04/02/2020 13:01

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.
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.

Just bloody awful

Lowhum · 04/02/2020 12:59

I have been following this story and it is horrifying.

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