Aidan O'Brien: Public inquiry into consultant urologist begins

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Hundreds of patients have received suboptimal care, an inquiry into the work of a consultant urologist at SouthernHCST hears

Almost 300 were contacted, with dozens of cases given special attention.

He said concerns had been identified in 46 out of 147 patients taken to theatre during the lookback period.Of the 334 elective in-patient cases reviewed, 120 cases showed a delay in dictation of outcomes ranging from two to 41 weeks, and in the case of a further 36 patients there was no record of care noted on the electronic system.

It was indicated that a further two cases, involving prostate cancer which were under the management of the consultant, were also being screened for reviews.

 

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