NHS managers who let surgeon work after serious complaints called to resign

The report criticised NHS Tayside management for ‘inadequate assessment of risk and consideration of patient safety’. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Health board management who let a neurosurgeon continue operating on patients despite knowing of serious complaints against him are facing calls to resign.

A damning internal report published on Thursday found that NHS Tayside failed to put in place adequate monitoring of Prof Sam Eljamel, despite a rising number of complaints.