A senior NHS anaesthetist fell asleep in an operating theatre during surgery, a medical tribunal heard. Thomas Herbst, a 61-year old consultant, nodded off moments after he had anaesthetised a patient ...

Sam Eljamel is thought to have harmed dozens of patients while head of neurosurgery at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital from 1995 ...

She said that despite a “do not destroy” order issued by inquiry chair Lord Weir in October 2024, logbooks containing ...

A senior NHS anaesthetist has been suspended after he was caught taking a nap in an operating theatre whilst a patient was undergoing surgery. Consultant doctor Thomas Herbst, 61, dozed off moments ...

NHS warns the movement of a mobile operating theatre in West Yorkshire may cause “minor delays” for those using the hospital car park. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you ...

A surgeon has claimed she was sexually assaulted by a consultant who wiped his sweaty brow on her breasts while their patient was anaesthetised on the table. The woman, named only as Judith, was ...

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The construction of two new operating theatres at the birthplace of the NHS - Trafford General Hospital - has been given the go ahead. Councillors on Trafford’s planning and development management ...

A team of NHS theatre staff are swapping surgical scrubs for skydiving suits as they take to the skies in a dramatic fundraising effort for a pioneering new operating theatre in Devon. The daring ...