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| Care scare prompts patient review | Care scare prompts patient review |
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| A review of patient care is to take place after failings were discovered in the work of a senior member of staff at the Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. | |
| The cases of more than 300 obstetric and gynaecology patients at the County Down hospital are to be examined. | |
| Women treated at Daisy Hill are to receive letters informing them of the move. | Women treated at Daisy Hill are to receive letters informing them of the move. |
| The Southern Health Trust said a leading expert would carry out the review as "a matter of urgency". | The Southern Health Trust said a leading expert would carry out the review as "a matter of urgency". |
| The healthcare professional in question was employed temporarily and no longer works for the trust. | The healthcare professional in question was employed temporarily and no longer works for the trust. |
| It said the precautionary review is expected to take about two weeks to complete. | It said the precautionary review is expected to take about two weeks to complete. |
| Trust Medical Director, Dr Patrick Loughran, said: "The decision to carry out this precautionary review follows concerns about aspects of the healthcare professional's work. "The process will be conducted by Professor William Thompson, former Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen's University, Belfast. | Trust Medical Director, Dr Patrick Loughran, said: "The decision to carry out this precautionary review follows concerns about aspects of the healthcare professional's work. "The process will be conducted by Professor William Thompson, former Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen's University, Belfast. |
| "A review of notes of just over 300 patients who were seen by the individual between January and May is currently under way. This comprehensive exercise is being conducted as a matter of urgency and is expected to take two weeks to complete." | "A review of notes of just over 300 patients who were seen by the individual between January and May is currently under way. This comprehensive exercise is being conducted as a matter of urgency and is expected to take two weeks to complete." |
| The trust would then be in a position to provide further information to patients, he said. | The trust would then be in a position to provide further information to patients, he said. |
| "We are writing to all patients whose notes are being examined as part of the review, and once the review is complete, we will write to all the women again to advise them of the outcome." | "We are writing to all patients whose notes are being examined as part of the review, and once the review is complete, we will write to all the women again to advise them of the outcome." |