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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

Surgeon at NHS hospital promoted despite allegedly assaulting staff

Royal Sussex County hospital
The latest allegations come after a police investigation into deaths and patient harm at Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton. Photograph: Simon Dack News/Alamy

Managers at a hospital where police are investigating dozens of deaths promoted a consultant surgeon months after they allegedly assaulted junior doctors during surgery, the Guardian can reveal.

Two female registrars at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust in Brighton sent written statements to the trust’s chief medical officer in March 2022 detailing how they were allegedly assaulted by the surgeon in separate incidents as they helped to operate on patients, leaked documents reveal.

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