Lalitaben Patel
13 Apr 2014 · Coroner Catherine Mason · Leicester City & South Leicestershire
The coroner's concerns
1. inadequate supervision of locum consultant surgeon
“The surgeon who had responsibility for the elective cholecystectomy was a Locum Consultant [name redacted] and was in the second week of his 4 weeks contract. Evidence was heard that he had been appointed via an agency following which he undertook two practical assessments at the University Hospitals Leicester. In summary, there were two main issues highlighted by both assessing Consultants on two separate days resulting in a decision to restrict the Locum Consultant [name redacted] to conducting routine laparo”