Cataract surgeon who missed NHS operations while doing private work is struck off

A leading cataract surgeon has been struck off the UK register for lying to his NHS employer and missing work, including vital surgery, so that he could instead do private operations while still claiming his NHS pay.On one occasion in 2018, the tribunal heard, Patrick Chiam, a consultant ophthalmologist, failed to attend a joint surgical case that had been urgently scheduled because of a developing threat to the patient’s eyesight. Colleagues had to “move heaven and earth” to reschedule for the next day, cancelling other patients’ planned surgeries to clear a slot, one testified.Chiam called in on the day of the operation to claim that he was unable to work because his children were ill and he needed to take them to hospital. But in reality he was working privately that day at Barlborough Hospital.On another occasion, Chiam obtained paid study leave to attend a three day conference in July…
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