And should we ever get to know it, no-one will be surprised, I'm sure.
Managers at a hospital where police are investigating dozens of deaths promoted a consultant surgeon months after they allegedly assaulted junior doctors during surgery, the Guardian can reveal. Two female registrars at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust in Brighton sent written statements to the trust’s chief medical officer in March 2022 detailing how they were allegedly assaulted by the surgeon in separate incidents as they helped to operate on patients, leaked documents reveal.
The consultant surgeon was alleged to have slapped one of the registrars across her face with the back of a hand. The other registrar claimed she was slapped on the hand and had surgical instruments snatched from her by the same person.
Yes, Reader, in surgery, when they should really be concentrating on the task in hand. You'll say there can be no excuse for behaviour like that, but you'll be wrong!
The trust said its investigation found the surgeon’s actions were inappropriate but did not constitute assault and were taken in the interest of patient safety. The surgeon apologised to the registrars.The investigation concluded that, in the first incident, the registrar’s visor was blocking the consultant’s field of vision during surgery, causing them to instinctively push the visor away.
By actually touching the offending item rather than asking 'Nurse, please move'? Aren't they supposed to not touch anyone but the patient to avoid cross-contamination?
In the second incident, it concluded that an instrument was taken from the registrar’s hand during a procedure for patient safety purposes.
Sound like patient safety would be better assured by making sure this chap never entered the operating theatre.