Consultant anaesthetist struck off for beating his 10-year-old son gets NHS job back

A consultant anaesthetist who was struck off after he beat his ten-year-old son with an aluminium broom handle has got his NHS job back after he blamed his conduct on his ‘cultural upbringing’ in Nigeria. Dr Adekunle Okunuga, 59, caned his young son with the kitchen brush for misbehaving at school and made him perform squat thrusts and stand … Read more

Consultant anaesthetist was punched in face by ex-wife

A doctor was punched in the face by his ex-wife outside the £450,000 countryside home he shared with a hospital nurse with whom he’d had an affair, a court heard. Consultant anaesthetist Dr Anthony Doyle was ‘shocked’ when Vicki Doyle struck him with a clenched fist to the side of the face after he called … Read more

Anaesthetist who admitted working for two hospitals at the same time keeps his NHS job

A shamed intensive care doctor who faced career ruin after he illicitly pocketed extra cash by secretly working at two hospitals at the same time has been allowed back to work after the NHS said it needed his help to treat Covid 19 patients. Consultant anaesthetist John Bleasdale, 54, had been suspended from duty for … Read more