This investigation stems from my first contact with consultant urologist Peter Duffy who has become one of the UK's most prominent NHS whistle-blowers. Peter and I began talking back in August 2018 shortly after the conclusion of an employment tribunal which ruled he had been constructively and unfairly dismissed. Peter had worked for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust since the early 2000s. Medical professionals are obliged to report any clinical concerns they might have, in the interests of patient safety, and as such Peter flagged up to his bosses incidents involving some of his colleagues within the urology department. As a result Peter says he was bullied, pressured, demoted and ostracised to the extent where he felt he had little choice but to leave the job he loved so much. Why now?... Over the last 12 months I have been working closely with Peter to raise awareness about the way he was treated and, more importantly,
Under-fire urologist applies for case against him to be dismissed Last week the Medical Practitioners' Tribunal Service hearing which is considering banning Kavinder Madhra from ever working again as a doctor was adjourned. Again. Before the hearing was adjourned the panel heard an application from the doctor for the GMC's case against him to be rejected. Documents seen by The Mail state: "Mr Madhra submitted that the assessors did not use all the instruments of assessment as mandated by the GMC. "Mr Madhra submitted that multiple errors occurred during the preparation of the assessment report. "Mr Madhra submitted the assessors had not been able to cite a single case where ‘actual harm’ had happened to any of his patients due to his actions but that the assessment report was full of speculation, citing the possibility of imaginary potential harms and pure scaremongering. "Mr Madhra submitted that if any conditions were put on his regist
