Ian Paterson breast surgeon

2022 - 6 - 13

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Irish Sun"

Who is 'butcher' breast surgeon Ian Paterson?... (The Irish Sun)

IAN PATERSON was jailed in 2017 after he convinced patients to undergo unnecessary breast surgeries.He was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with int.

It said he "maintains his innocence of all of the criminal charges of which he was convicted and is actively working on an appeal against those convictions". A statement issued on Paterson's behalf, through his lawyers, said he had written to the inquiry and "answered all questions put to him". “They were to maintain his image as a busy successful surgeon in great demand and at the top of his game. He continued: “We suggest Mr Paterson was carrying it out not because he thought it was in the best interests of the patients, but for his own, perhaps obscure, motives. At the time of the crimes he was also a respected NHS consultant working at Solihull Hospital. He was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding.

Bethan Lloyd Owen dead and obituary, Whats happened to Ian ... (MRandom News)

An NHS whistleblower whose evidence helped put Butcher surgeon Ian Patterson behind bars has revealed he was threatened with dismissal for daring to ...

These include allegations that Patterson threatened to fire him if his complaints continued. Patterson misdiagnosed cancer in healthy patients and underwent unnecessary and harmful procedures, including an unregulated “cleavage-sparing” mastectomy. Some patients later died.

Breast surgeon Ian Paterson doubled salary outside NHS before 20 ... (HITC)

An ITV documentary looks at breast surgeon Ian Peterson who is in prison for subjecting patients to 1000 "unnecessary" surgeries in 14 years.

But so many times I felt he was advising patients’ reconstruction surgery unnecessarily,” Ingle said (via the Daily Mail). “We fought at almost every meeting.” That’s when my tentacles went up to say, this guy really will do anything.” Paterson worked at NHS hospitals including Heartlands hospital, Solihull hospital and Good Hope hospital.

Ian Paterson breast surgeon: NHS whistleblower reveals he raised ... (Daily Mail)

Ian Paterson had misdiagnosed cancer in healthy patients and performed damaging surgery in the West Midlands and was jailed for 20 years in 2017.

In total he saw more than 11,000 patients, who continue to come forward and seek legal advice after being contacted by the NHS and Spire. He said: ‘Mr Paterson and Bethan had such a strong influence that it was almost impossible to get any cases. Instead of looking after us, they were combatants, they were the enemy.’ Ingle said Paterson had so many private cases at the two Spire hospitals, he suspected Bethan was stealing his patients. Armed with mounting evidence, Ingle made a further complaint in 2011 to Spire’s management. He [Paterson] had recorded them as cancer, but none of these cases had cancer.’ ‘It was literally a Jekyll and Hyde scenario,’ he said. Convicted on 17 counts of wounding with intent, he was jailed for 20 years in 2017 Convicted on 17 counts of wounding with intent, he was jailed for 20 years in 2017. Glasgow-born Paterson, who saw patients dressed in pin-striped suits, enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and was feted as a celebrity surgeon. It is thought Paterson’s private work doubled his NHS salary of around £100,000. Ingle, backed by two colleagues, wrote eight letters to senior NHS managers over 2007 alerting them to his concerns and Paterson’s bullying manner towards colleagues.

I was cut open by butcher surgeon Ian Paterson who wrongly told ... (The Sun)

A WOMAN who was operated on seven times by a breast surgeon said he was a "god" to her - until she learned there was never any reason for her to go un.

He was like God to meCarole Johnson "How was he allowed to work for 20 years harming people?" "He was like God to me." "He put the fear into me for the entire time that I had to keep going back to have the examinations," she said. "I really want to know - how did he get away with it?" A WOMAN who was operated on seven times by a breast surgeon said he was a "god" to her - until she learned there was never any reason for her to go under the knife.

Ian Paterson: Improvements should be done at pace, says victim (BBC News)

Victims of breast surgeon Ian Paterson said independent inquiry improvements are not being implemented fast enough. Paterson was jailed in 2017 after he was ...

A DHSC spokesperson said: "The Health and Social Care Secretary has been clear that the system must never let patients down like this again, and we have accepted the majority of recommendations made by the independent inquiry and are taking action to prevent future patients facing similar harm." The recommendations called for consultants to write directly to patients to explain proposed surgical treatment as standard practice, a public register to detail which types of operations surgeons are able to perform and for patients to be given time to reflect on their diagnosis and treatment options before they are asked to consent to surgery. "It is important those recommendations are embedded in legislation, it is important there is governance over those recommendations to stop another Paterson, it is important that there is a proper consent procedure," she said.