An actress who underwent a string of operations to fix problems with her spine says it is "worse now than before" as the surgeon who carried out the procedures is under investigation. BBC actress Ruth Madeley, 36, has spoken out about the chronic pain she has been left with after multiple operations carried out by the now former consultant spinal surgeon, John Bradley Williamson.
Ms Madeley, who has appeared in the Russell T Davies sci-fi series Years and Years and drama Then Barbara Met Alan, was diagnosed with spina bifida as a baby and was first operated on by Williamson, now 65, in 1997, when she was 11, the Manchester Evening News reports. One surgery turned into nine throughout her teenage years, all of which were to "fix something that went wrong", she said.
An inquiry has now been launched into the former Salford Royal Hospital consultant spinal surgeon and his treatment of a number of his patients. The Sunday Times has reported Mr Williamson was fired from the Trust in early 2015 following inappropriate behaviour towards a member of staff.
