Investigation into UHMBT urology

TRUST REVEALS TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RCS REVIEW In October 2015 the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust invited a service review of the trust’s urology surgical service by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). This invitation was to review and analyse the quality and safety of the service after the avoidable death of Peter Read from Morecambe at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. In 2015 Mr Read died after developing urosepsis caused by ‘missed opportunities to change his ureteric stent’, a coroner later ruled. Mr Read was treated by Ashutosh Jain, the same consultant who, in 2011, was involved in the care of Irene Erhart from  Walney  along with Kavinder Madhra. A coroner said the failings of Mr Jain and fellow urological consultant Muhammad Naseem in not replacing a stent contributed to Mr Read’s death. The RCS review took place in January 2016 which made several recommendations for the trust. In July of this year a number of concerns about the

Read the full letter below... WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS 10th April 2018 Your ref: Our ref:  SAH/112657 /20605558 Your contact: Sean Hick Mr Peter Duffy v University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Case Numbers: 2404382/2016 and 2406078/2016 We act for the Respondent, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, in this matter. Costs Warning For the reasons set out below, and having had the opportunity to review the documentation disclosed in this matter  and your client’s witness statements , we consider that your client’s claim s have no reasonable prospects of success and we invite your client to withdraw. If your client does not withdraw his claim against our client and our client ultimately succeeds in defending the claims we will make an application to the Tribunal for an order that your client pays some or all of ou r client’s costs in defending the claim. We will make this application on the basis that your client’s