Specialist medical negligence lawyers at Davies and Partners Solicitors have learned that surgeon Ian Paterson has been excluded from working at Solihull Hospital and is facing an enquiry with the General Medical Council (GMC) over mastectomy operations he carried out.

Solihull Hospital carried out a review of breast surgery services in 2007 which identified that a surgical technique used by Mr Paterson needed to be investigated to establish whether it represented best practice.

Mr Paterson used a “cleavage sparing” technique in the mastectomies he carried out. This technique involved some breast tissue being left behind for the purpose of re-construction at a later date rather than full mastectomies being carried out. However, other surgeons have not adopted this technique as there are concerns that this practice may leave women with a higher risk of their cancer returning than if full mastectomies are carried out.

Davies and Partners understand that Mr Paterson has been excluded from practising at Solihull Hospital and his practice at the Spire Little Aston and Parkway has been restricted to seeing outpatients only while the GMC investigation is being carried out.

Solihull Hospital has been able to identify and recall several patients, some of whom had to undergo a second procedure to remove the retained breast tissue, but they are urging anyone who was treated by Mr Paterson and has concerns to contact the Hospital directly for their treatment to be reviewed independently.