Investigation into UHMBT urology

Peter Duffy's heartfelt speech to UHMBT's council of governors On Tuesday December 10th Peter Duffy attended the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust's council of governors meeting. This was the first time Peter had addressed an official trust meeting since the publication of his book and the ensuing coverage through my investigation. You can listen to Peter's speech in the video below.

Investigation was done by one of the other under-fire urologists After Walney dad Bill Murray complained when he lost a testicle following a routine procedure carried out by Ashutosh Jain (above) the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust carried out a Root Cause Analysis. An RCA aims to identify any failings and lessons to be learned. The trust redacted (blacked out) the names of the urologists and other clinicians/trust staff involved in the RCA but I managed to obtain the names. Incredibly, I discovered that the lead author of the report was Muhammad Naseem (below) - one of the other urologists responsible for clinical errors within the urology department over the last 18 years. Understandably, Bill wasn't happy, and so I contacted five consultant urologists from across the UK. I sent them a copy of the RCA and images taken during the second operation to remove Bill's testicle. Remarkably all five immediately flagged up one particul...

VIDEO: Peter describes the impact of his colleagues' behaviour This audio clip was recorded in 2016 when UHMBT bosses Ameeta Joshi (clinical director) and David Walker (medical director) falsely accused Peter Duffy of upsetting two patients whose lives Peter saved. Peter raised concerns after colleague Ash Jain failed to insert stents in two patients who only had one kidney after carrying out a procedure. Both patients subsequently went into kidney failure as a result of Mr Jain's mistakes. If it wasn't for Peter's actions both patients could have died. In this video Peter describes the impact of the bullying he faced from three of his colleagues because he reported clinical errors they made.

Brave Bill Murray reveals his horror testicle loss story Bill Murray underwent a routine procedure at Furness General Hospital in April 2019 when fluid collected around one of his testicles. The procedure, known as a hydrocele repair, typically takes around 30 minutes and rarely results in complications. However, Mr Murray, of Cardiff Street on  Walney , woke up in extreme agony and it was only two days later that he was rushed back into theatre where a surgeon discovered his testicle had gone black and gangrenous. READ THE FULL STORY HERE

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 ...

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...