NHS pays out millions to patients of surgeon convicted of needless breast operations

NHS pays out millions to patients of surgeon convicted of needless breast operations Consultant Ian Stuart Paterson carried out unnecessary procedures on 10 patients but could have more than 1,000 victims

The NHS has been forced to pay out almost £10m in compensation to more than 250 patients of a rogue surgeon found guilty of carrying out needless breast operations on patients who were left traumatised and scarred.

Consultant surgeon Ian Stuart Paterson, 59, was convicted on Friday of 17 counts of wounding with intent, relating to nine women and one man. He was also convicted of three further wounding charges. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Breast surgeon Ian Paterson needlessly harmed patients BBC News
• Breast surgeon Ian Paterson case: 'Hundreds' of other victims BBC News
• Private patients to miss out on compensation from God complex breast surgeon as Spire and union refuse to cover costs The Daily Telegraph
• Hundreds of private patients seek compensation from rogue surgeon The Guardian
• Ian Paterson: the 'likable' breast surgeon who wounded his patients The Guardian
• There were no depths he wouldn't go to, says Ian Paterson surgery victim The Guardian