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Breast care services in Solihull are to undergo a major independent investigation following allegations that a surgeon who worked for the NHS may have performed unnecessary or inappropriate breast operations.
Sir Ian Kennedy, a lawyer and health expert, will chair the review into how hospital chiefs handled concerns about Ian Stuart Paterson, a breast cancer specialist who worked at NHS and private hospitals in the Midlands from 1994 until last year.
Paterson is under investigation by West Midlands police over allegations he performed unconventional or unnecessary operations and made claims to medical insurers for unnecessary surgeries or surgeries he did not perform.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/09/nhs-breast-surgeon-claims
Sir Ian Kennedy, a lawyer and health expert, will chair the review into how hospital chiefs handled concerns about Ian Stuart Paterson, a breast cancer specialist who worked at NHS and private hospitals in the Midlands from 1994 until last year.
Paterson is under investigation by West Midlands police over allegations he performed unconventional or unnecessary operations and made claims to medical insurers for unnecessary surgeries or surgeries he did not perform.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/09/nhs-breast-surgeon-claims