Walsall Hospital Chief Exec: Joe Chadwick-Bell, talks about a rogue Surgeon

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Walsall Hospital Chief Executive: Joe Chadwick-Bell, followed by Group Chief Executive: Dr Jonathan Odum apologise after a rogue surgeon gave patients less than adequate service.

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00:00So today we've released a report into the clinical practice Mr Shah one of our

00:04orthopaedic consultants who worked at the Trust in 2019 up until November 22

00:11when he was dismissed. I want to unreservedly apologize to the 91

00:17patients who did not deliver the care that we should have given them and

00:22resulted in some harm. I also want to recognize the efforts and input that

00:28each one of those families have put into our review both with our independent

00:33partners but also as part of our internal investigation because we

00:37recognize that they would have come to that would have been distressing for

00:40them not just in their post-surgery but also in actually reliving some of those

00:45experiences to be able to share them with us. It's really important with these

00:49reports that we learn from them and we put in new practices new governance

00:55arrangements to make sure this doesn't happen again but I also want to

00:58recognize that it's important not just to listen to our patients but also to

01:03our staff so it's important that we listen to them and their concerns when

01:07they're raised. Paul Jenkins Express and Star.com we're

01:12outside Walsall Manor Hospital and if you can just introduce yourself please.

01:16Yeah my name is Dr Jonathan Oden and I'm the group chief medical officer

01:21between Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and Wolverhampton Healthcare Trust.

01:26The reporting to the surgeon has been published today just a little bit of your

01:31thoughts on the outcome and what you'd say to the patients who are affected

01:35please. Well I'd first of all like to send my heartfelt apologies to all those

01:40patients who have suffered any harm as a result of the treatment and surgery

01:45that's been undertaken by Mr Shah. We've reviewed the cases in detail and we are

01:52putting in place now a process to ensure or have put in place a process to ensure

01:57that all doctors who are undertaking procedures and surgery are fully

02:01competent and trained to undertake those procedures so we should not be in the

02:05same position of having patients harmed by surgeons who are not trained for the

02:10work that they are doing.

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