Three sufferers have died after being given a bowel take a look at by a health care provider who failed to make sure remedy wanted was carried out, a well being board has mentioned.
NHS Larger Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) mentioned three extra sufferers suffered hurt.
The six sufferers have been recognized in a scientific evaluate of the two,700 folks the advisor carried out a colonoscopy on, between 2020 and 2022.
The advisor, who has not been named, was suspended in November 2022 and has since left the well being board.
NHSGGC deputy medical director Professor Colin McKay mentioned: “We wish to supply our honest apologies to sufferers who weren’t adopted up appropriately and our condolences to the households of these sufferers who’ve died.
“When errors have been first found, an instantaneous, complete evaluate was carried out of all circumstances managed by the physician since 2020.
“Our investigations discovered that the physician didn’t persistently comply with up the outcomes of investigations that had been accomplished or requested and due to this fact missed the chance for sufferers to be handled, together with numerous sufferers who went on to develop malignancy.
“We wish to reassure sufferers that we have now already contacted all these sufferers affected and that no different sufferers ought to be involved that they might be concerned.
“We’ll be certain that suggestions and some other studying from our evaluate might be shared with different well being boards.”
The well being board mentioned sufferers and households affected have been knowledgeable of the result of the numerous hostile occasion critiques carried out into these circumstances.
NHSGGC knowledgeable the Normal Medical Council (GMC) of its investigations when the problems first have been recognized and has continued to replace the GMC of the progress of its evaluate and findings.
The overwhelming majority of colonoscopies carried out by the physician have been for sufferers within the bowel screening programme.
NHSGGC mentioned the evaluate coated the interval from January 2020 as there was evaluate proof of applicable follow-up previous to then.
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