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Breast surgeon Ian Paterson carried out lots of of botched and useless operations
An MP who was operated on by disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson says she has been left with “doubts about her well being”.
Rachel Maclean, MP for Redditch, mentioned she was now involved concerning the process she underwent years in the past.
On Tuesday, an unbiased inquiry into Paterson’s malpractice recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their surgery to be assessed.
Well being Secretary Matt Hancock has pledged to introduce enhancements inside a yr.
In a tweet, Conservative Ms Maclean mentioned: “The extent of the malpractice he carried out is surprising, and the response from authorities was woefully missing.”
It comes after the inquiry, discovered a tradition of “avoidance and denial” allowed Paterson to carry out botched and pointless operations on lots of of girls.
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Rachel Maclean has represented the constituency since June 2017
The inquiry additionally mentioned 5 well being professionals have been referred to both the Basic Medical Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council and one case to West Midlands Police.
However police have since mentioned the referral was in relation to Paterson himself.
“A report of a sexual assault towards Ian Paterson was referred to the power by West Midlands Police in Might 2018,” Staffordshire Police mentioned.
“The complainant was visited by detectives in June 2018 and after chatting with her she didn’t want to pursue a grievance. There have been no additional safeguarding points as Ian Paterson was in jail.”
Paterson, who is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent, labored with most cancers sufferers at NHS and personal hospitals within the West Midlands over 14 years.
His unregulated “cleavage-sparing” mastectomies, during which breast tissue was left behind, meant the illness returned in lots of his sufferers.
Others had surgical procedure they didn’t want – some even discovering out years later they didn’t have most cancers.
The inquiry made 15 suggestions, and Mr Hancock has vowed to introduce enhancements.
“There’s a complete collection of suggestions however the central one is about information-sharing as a result of the authorities that examine completely different elements of the well being system, the data wasn’t being shared correctly,” he informed BBC Breakfast on Wednesday.
“That completely may be fastened, will probably be fastened.”
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