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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sarah Ward

NHS Tayside ‘destroyed logbooks for Eljamel patients in July 2025’ – inquiry

NHS Tayside destroyed about 40 logbooks for patients treated by shamed neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel this summer, despite a “do not destroy” order, an inquiry has heard.

The Eljamel Inquiry set up to investigate the disgraced surgeon’s professional practice was announced by the Scottish Government in September 2023 and its terms of reference were set out by Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray earlier this year, with a police investigation running concurrently.

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