the couple had complained about the doctor to the general medical council.care had fallen below standard and constituted misconduct. but they accepted the doctor had shown remorse and done further learning, so they did not sanction him. we have discovered that because of a breakdown in communications at the health board, key staff were not even aware there had been an investigation carried out by the general medical council. even though sarah's hospital records had formed part of that investigation. the health board apologised and promised in future it will check if doctors who have left are the subject of enquiries with the regulator. helen rogers says when she raised concerns again in 2017 she was given misleading information about staffing levels. staff would be listed as working, but when we went to the staff, they were able to say, that's not right, because that person is on maternity leave, that person is on long—term sickness, that person is not here. but yet if you looked at the sheet of paper, it implied that they were actually on shift. so they are

the couple had complained about him to the general medical council.'s care had fallen below standard and constituted misconduct. but they accepted the doctor had shown remorse and done further learning, so they didn't sanction him. but we have discovered that because of a breakdown in communications at the health board, key staff were not even aware there had been an investigation carried out by the general medical council. even though sarah's hospital records had formed part of that investigation. the health board apologised and promised in future it will check if doctors who have left are the subject of enquiries with the regulator. helen rogers says that when she raised concerns again in 2017, she was given misleading information about staffing levels. staff would be listed as working, but when we went to the staff, they were able to say, "that's not right, because that person is on maternity leave, that person is on long—term sickness, that person is not here." but yet, if you looked at the sheet of paper, it implied that they were actually on shi

the general medical council says its remit does not extend beyond the uk. and spinal surgeon. sam eljamel, the former head of neurosurgery at nhs tayside. pat is in constant pain and at risk of paralysis. jules found out he removed the wrong part of her body. dozens of patients were affected. the general medical council, the independent regulator for doctors in the uk, investigated and placed conditions on him. he was suspended by nhs tayside but the gmc never officially struck him off. it allowed to him to voluntarily remove himself from the official register of uk doctors. then, he disappeared. we spent months, years, trying to find sam eljamel. now we know where he is, we know that he is in libya, and he's operating on patients again. how do you feel about that? absolutely devastated. those poor, poor people that are oblivious. i am not surprised the audacity that man has. one hospital in libya shared videos of social media. a post describes sam eljamel as the surgeon operating on this baby. that is a baby he's operating on. i just want to tell you to st

yes, in the meantime there needs to be more support for gps to know what the general medical councilthose waiting lists. one more from veronica, the desire to self educate was so strong. i was fortunate, i had private counselling and was prescribed hrt earlier than the weight at the time. the nhs took over my medication control eventually but i kid you not, the waiting was a killer. thank you all for coming on the programme, i really appreciate it. and our actionline website is bbc.co.uk/actionline. if you need help, there are loads of organisations listed there who can do that. or you can call the number on your screen right now - 08000155 998. please keep your e—mails coming in and you can't message us on twitter. —— you can message us. coming up later in the programme... we'll bring you an update on a story we brought you last year, about a viewer who contacted our programme claiming she had been conceived by rape. she was trying to pursue a so—called "victimless prosecution". and we'll speak to the father of the founder of wikileaks julian assange. he tells this programme his son

msp neil finlay says he has written to nicola sturgeon, asking her to call the general medical councilon issue between surgeons and their patients? that is the suggestion from some experts. it is very much the surgeon's responsibility to make sure that patients are fully informed about surgery patients are fully informed about surgery before it happens and afterwards. women i have spoken to say they have been on this horrible journey and that when they say they we re journey and that when they say they were promised this full mesh removal, they thought thatjenny was over. to then discover that they we re over. to then discover that they were not mesh free is extremely distressing for them. baroness cumberlidge says surgeons need to be 100% clear with patients. for example, a partial removal can also be called a full vaginal removal, which is very confusing. she says surgeons must be certain that patients are aware of that, and her tea m patients are aware of that, and her team will have mortify on this when the review is released next month. how difficult is it to get all the mesh out?

i have reported five health care professionals to either the general medical council or to the nursing is to be done? there is no single action which would prevent malpractice or deception on its own, whether among clinicians or any other professionals, but it should be detected quickly, and our recommendations ta ken as detected quickly, and our recommendations taken as a whole are intended to enable that. eight years pass between medical professionals first raising concerns about patterssen's practice and his suspension. in that time, there was a series of reviews of what he did, and he was given the benefit of the doubt time and time again. this was undeserved, and the consequences for patients have been terrible. —— paterson's practice. i have made 18 recommendations to empower and protect patients, and even now, there are patients that have not been recalled, and there was treated in the private sector have not been given an ongoing care plan. we believe the recall of patients must believe the recall of patients must be completed and this failure remedied. there is not a single ch

health care professionals had been referred to industry bodies, professional bodies like the general medical councileen referred to west midlands police. the health minister says i deeply regret the failure of the nhs and the independent sector to protect patients from the devastating impact of ian paterson‘s malpractice. it is essential we respond quickly and effectively to the lessons of this inquiry and we will get thorough and detailed consideration to this report and provided response. it has been said many times today by the chairand been said many times today by the chair and other people that it was very important that victims had their voices heard and they have been. thank you. let‘s speak to paula gelsthorpe — she underwent two lumpectomies carried out by mr paterson in 2002 and 2009 - she‘s since found out both were unnecessary. i will come to the experience at the moment but i want to know about your reaction to these stinging recommendations and criticisms are. yes, excellent. the one that stood... i think we may have lost... recommendations... sorry, we lost you on the line, perhaps y

treasury secretary steve mnuchin and chair of the national economic council larry kudlow, along with two medical professionals, surgeon general dr. jerome adams and the top government official combating hiv aids debbie bixx. then he went over here to chair a meeting. >> the president's whole of government approach, precisely the whole task force has been about but my presence here today, working with you each and every day in the days ahead i hope gives evidence of the priority the president placed on this work. reporter: now the vice president also says after that press conference last night he ended up speaking with the top democrat and republicans, democrat leadership an republican leadership in the house and senate regarding the coronavirus spending package. >> we're beginning discussions over an additional supplemental bill. we'll be leaning on the task force for guidance but those were productive conversations and very positive. this is the time when the president's made clear we want all hands on deck. reporter: part of the message from the trump administration continues to be as we heard from the vice president and hh

council, head of nec, larry kudlow. two more on the medical side of things. surgeon general dr. jerome adams.fficial in charge of combating hiv/aids, ambassador debbie birx. when speaking to activists and conservative leaders at cpac tried to provide some reassurances. >> while the risk to the american public remains low, as the president said yesterday, we're ready. we're ready for anything. i promise you, we will continue to bring the full resources of the federal government to bear to protect the american people. reporter: up on capitol hill earlier today the health and human services secretary alex azar said that the ability to test for coronavirus could potentially be increasing in the upcoming days. >> at least 40 public health laboratories should be able to test using modified, existing cdc test kits. in addition to newly manufactured cdc test can be sent to 93 public health labs as soon as monday. there is privately manufactured test based on the new cdc test sent to the same labs tomorrow, pending fda clearance. reporter: top two democrats on the hill this morning released their top