Rishi Sunak is seeking tips from Boris Johnson’s election-winning ‘Wizard of Oz’ political consultant Sir Lynton Crosby ahead of battles over the Prime Minister’s spending plan Australian-born Sir Lynton was seen going in to Downing Street on Wednesday This triggered speculation that PM was consulting him about a summer shake-up But once inside Downing Street, … Read more
‘Fake credentials’ of Grenfell assessor: Fire risk consultant who downplayed safety concerns invented his qualifications, inquiry hears Carl Stokes insisted the Grenfell tower block cladding compiled with regulations when the London Fire Brigade raised concerns just two months before the fire Inquiry heard he ‘invented’ a series of letters after his name on risk assessments … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more
An ex-Harrods fashion consultant has been accused of swindling a charity out of £10,000 when she organised a Boxing gala but never donated the profits. Nicole Elkabbas, 42, is due to be sentenced this week after she was found guilty of setting up a fraudulent GoFundMe page in 2018 where she claimed she had cancer … Read more
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
‘Simply untrue’: London children’s hospital consultant blasts ‘irresponsible’ nurse who gave BBC radio interview claiming her hospital has ‘a whole ward of children’ with coronavirus Paediatrician Dr Ronny Cheung blasted ‘lies’ around children with Covid-19 He said there were not ‘wards’ filled with children suffering from coronavirus A matron at a London hospital claimed she … Read more
Intensive care consultant slams people packing car parks at Brecon Beacons beauty spot for breaking Tier 4 Covid lockdown rules Car parks for Pen y Fan, Brecon Beacon’s highest peak, were full on Monday The whole of Wales in Tier 4 – meaning travel is only for essential purposes Intensive care consultant Dr David Hepburn warned south … Read more
A coroner has said that a newborn baby may have survived if a consultant had not left the room and the child had been born a few minutes earlier. The hospital – which has been linked to 20 maternity deaths or serious harm cases – accepted there were failings in their care and offered their sincere … Read more
Did 400 women suffer at hands of gynaecologist? Concerns raised over consultant who was suspended in 2018 amid probe into concerns raised by colleagues Daniel Hay, 55, a former hospital gynaecologist in Derby is being investigated The rate of serious complications was ‘higher than would be usually expected’ As many as 400 women may have … Read more