A health board “put patients at risk” from a surgeon after ignoring external warnings he was a “poor doctor”, a report found.
A HEALTH board “put patients at risk” from a surgeon after ignoring external warnings he was a “poor doctor”, a report found.
A statement from NHS Tayside said: “This was indirect supervision which means he was not supervised directly in the operating theatre by another neurosurgeon.” An investigation was dropped in 2014 when the surgeon retired, which Dr Johnson said was a “missed opportunity for learning” which would not happen today.
The report said after he left NHS Tayside “a website stated the surgeon was a clinical fellow, a qualification he had earned from Connecticut University while working at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, USA”, prompting concerns. There were three complaints in 2011 and 2012, which rose to eight before he was suspended, and 84 complaints were logged afterwards including some from 1996.
It added: “Other issues would be dealt with within the surgeon’s appraisals and revalidation” with no plan of action.
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