- A CONSULTANT has been told that he faces dismissal from his job at a
teaching hospital after investigating the record of a surgeon whose mortality
rates were up to four times, higher than national targets. Alban Barros D'Sa,
an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons, has been suspended from
Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry for nearly two years, despite recommendations
from an independent panel that he be reinstated.
Freedom to Care from
The Times 18 June 2001
- The NHS situation is nationally unsatisfactory with 500 senior staff
currently suspended awaiting drawn out GMC adjudication, at an average cost of
£250,000 per case, as per Barros D Sa s suspension £500,000 has been set aside
for Briony Ackroyd s pending case. Letter from B. Newson
Rugby Advertiser
08 November 2001
- A CONSULTANT who questioned whether the practice of squeezing a fifth
patient into a four-bed bay led to someone's death has been suspended.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust cardiac consultant
Dr. Raj Kumar Mattu faces allegations of bullying a junior doctor.
Rugby Advertiser
28 February 2002
- SUPPORTERS of a whistle-blowing consultant suspended from Walsgrave
Hospital have stepped up the fight to have him reinstated. A meeting was held
in Coventry on Saturday to discuss the case of heart surgeon Raj Mattu, who
was suspended on February 21 after allegations of bullying a junior colleague.
Rugby Advertiser
12 September 2002
- SUPPORTERS of cancer surgeon Briony Ackroyd are angry that her fate may
not be decided until next year. They want incoming Walsgrave Hospital chief
executive David Roberts to make the case his top priority.
Rugby Advertiser
20 September 2002
- SUPPORTERS of a whistle-blowing surgeon suspended from Walsgrave Hospital
say a decision on his future is expected before Christmas. And campaigners
hope a well-attended meeting of the Dr. Raj Mattu Reinstatement Committee in
Coventry on Friday October 4 at 7pm in the Allesley Hotel, Birmingham Road,
increases the pressure on hospital bosses.
Rugby Advertiser
16 October 2002
- ONCE controversial surgeon Alban Barros D'Sa is retiring from St. Cross
Hospital and Walsgrave after 24 years.
Rugby Advertiser 30 October 2002
- Freedom to Care has campaigned against misuse of suspensions in the NHS
for many years. In previous issues of The Whistle, I have referred to two
whistleblowers at my local hospital, University Hospitals Coventry and
Warwickshire NHS Trust who, about two years apart, highlighted the excessive
post-operative death rate of a colleague and the dangerous overcrowding of
wards. Each was suspended for well over a year on similar charges of alleged
bullying of junior staff. Alban Barros D’Sa was reinstated shortly before his
normal retirement date and Dr Raj Kumar Mattu is still suspended.
Freedom to Care November
2003
- Two years after a heart specialist was suspended from a hospital, an MP
claims the trust is still causing unnecessary delays in resolving the case. Dr
Raj Mattu was suspended from Walsgrave Hospital amid allegations of bullying a
junior colleague. Supporters say he was victimised after complaining about
hospital practices. Coventry North West MP Geoffrey Robinson says the trust is
still dragging its feet over who sits on the panel that will decide Dr Mattu's
fate.
BBC News 29 May 2004
- Surgeon supporters lobbying trust. Campaigners for the
reinstatement of a heart surgeon are to demonstrate at the hospital from where
he has been suspended for four years. Raj Mattu was suspended on full pay from
Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry in 2002 amid allegations of bullying. A panel
ruling that he get a written warning, has not resolved the issue. The hospital
says by law it must hold another hearing, which cannot go ahead until High
Court action by Dr Mattu is concluded. The protest is on Wednesday. Dr Mattu
had complained over the practise of putting five patients into bays designed
for four beds.
BBC 31 May 2006
- Specialist must pay trust's costs. A doctor who failed to win
an injunction against possible dismissal by a hospital trust must now pay up
to £60,000 in court costs. Doctor Raj Mattu was suspended in 2002 over an
allegation of harassment. He lost the injunction at the High Court on Friday
and now must pay two thirds of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
NHS Trust's costs. But a spokesman for a group supporting the doctor said the
specialist should be reinstated. The ruling follows the trust "substantially"
winning the case. The trust estimates its legal costs in the case to be at
least £90,000 leaving a bill of £60,000 for Dr Mattu.
BBC 25 July 2006
- Suspension lifted on heart doctor. A heart specialist who has been
suspended from work since 2002 has been allowed to return to work. Dr Raj
Mattu was suspended from the former Walsgrave Hospital, in
Coventry, after a junior doctor alleged he had harassed him. Dr Mattu
claimed he was being punished for speaking out publicly about conditions for
patients in the hospital's wards. The NHS trust which runs the hospital has
always denied Dr Mattu's claim. A review in 2004 cleared University Hospitals
Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust of responsibility for any deaths in relation
to overcrowding.
BBC 30 July 2007
See articles for
The Whistle and the
report
(59 pages) from the National Audit Office published on
November 6, 2003.
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