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106 More Patients of Jailed Surgeon Sought
26 Sep
Summary
- Coroner seeks 106 additional patient families after surgeon's jailing.
- Inquests examine if Ian Paterson's care caused unnatural deaths.
- Paterson jailed for 20 years for botched and unnecessary operations.
A coroner has issued an appeal for the families of 106 additional patients treated by jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson to come forward. These patients died between 1995 and July 2026. Paterson was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 2017 after being convicted of wounding patients through unnecessary and botched operations.
Currently, inquests are being held into the deaths of 70 women to ascertain if Paterson's treatment contributed to unnatural deaths. The list of the 106 newly identified patients, which includes six men, has been published online, urging next of kin to contact Higgs LLP, the solicitors for the inquests.
The disgraced surgeon provided care at NHS and private hospitals across the West Midlands for over 14 years. His controversial 'cleavage-sparing' mastectomies, which deviated from national guidelines by leaving breast tissue behind, have been linked to the recurrence of cancer in many patients. Others underwent surgeries they did not need, with some discovering years later they were never diagnosed with cancer.
Paterson is scheduled for automatic release halfway through his sentence in 2027, prior to the anticipated conclusion of the inquests in Birmingham. The legal team is gathering information on the causes of death for these 106 former patients to determine if their deaths warrant further investigation.
