Victims of a doctor accused of harming hundreds of women feel that they are being “ignored and silenced” as a result of the limited scope of an NHS investigation, lawyers have claimed.
The initial review, begun in 2018, had led to an inquiry into the treatment of 193 patients by April this year, before a further 79 women were approached in September, bringing the total to 272.
As many as 400 women may have suffered harm at the hands of the former hospital gynaecologist.
Daniel Hay, 55, was appointed as a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) in 2005 and was associate professor in medical education at Nottingham University.
He was suspended in 2018 when an inquiry was launched following concerns raised by colleagues. It found that the rate of serious complications was ‘higher than would be usually expected’. One suffered a cut bowel during a hysterectomy. Some cases are said to date back at least 18 years. Source: The Times
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