The Sun
HUNDREDS of patients are at “risk of infection” and being recalled for blood tests after being treated by a doctor with HIV.
The recall affects 400 patients who were under the care of the locum doctor, who has not been named, at three hospitals between June 2010 and February 2015.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recalled 120 patients, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has recalled 223 and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has recalled 57.
The hospitals said patients who had undergone “invasive procedures where there is a potential risk of infection” had been identified and had been invited back for a precautionary blood test.
NHS England said concerns about the doctor first emerged in December 2015 at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) in Birmingham.
It has tried to contact one of its patients thought to be at risk but has been unable to do so.
The doctor also worked at other trusts but a review found no patients were put at risk, NHS England said.
It said the doctor no longer works for the NHS and conditions have been placed on their registration by the General Medical Council (GMC).
The doctor was also given an interim suspension order earlier this year “because they failed to comply with the conditions placed upon them”.
NHS England said it will review the incident to learn lessons for the future.