He is an abdominal general surgeon, and he s very good at it. I would have no hesitation letting him operate on my own children.
But both Mr Tooth and Mrs Wilson have called for Mr Valero to be immediately suspended from work pending the outcome of the GMC investigation.
Mrs Wilson added: “How is he still operating?”
Surgeon Camilo Valero, 43, has not been suspended despite the botched operations
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Alex Stewart of patients’ welfare group Healthwatch Norfolk said: “This set all sorts of alarm bells ringing regarding patient care quality and safety.
“We’ve written to the chief executive asking a whole series of questions, and we have taken it up with NHS Improvement.
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6:30 AM April 30, 2021
UEA s Norwich Medical School which worked on the prostate screening box project with Professor Colin Cooper and Dr Jeremy Clark.
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A new testing kit developed by researchers in Norwich is to be sent to thousands of men across the world to revolutionise diagnosising prostate cancer.
Work by the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to create the Prostate Screening Box is intended to diagnose aggressive prostate cancer in a non-invasive way, through a kit that can be put through the letter box.
The next phase will see 2,000 men in the UK, Europe and Canada have their prostate health analysed through the home kit, without having to undergo a rectal exam.
Home test kit trial aims to help early diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer
The Prostate Screening Box aims to diagnose aggressive prostate cancer (David Davies/PA)
A home test kit for prostate cancer that could help with early diagnosis of aggressive forms of the disease while reducing the need for trips to hospital is being trialled.
Researchers will post kits to 2,000 men in the UK, Europe and Canada, with participants asked to give two urine samples to return by mail for lab analysis.
Teams from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) trialled the kit with a small group of participants before the latest phase of the study.
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Men are to trial an at-home prostate cancer test.
Thousands of men will receive a letterbox-friendly home test kit to check for prostate cancer, which could help catch the disease years before other screening methods.
The simple urine test – dubbed the ‘Prostate Screening Box’ – is intended to diagnose aggressive prostate cancer without men having to leave their homes.
Currently, it’s hard to tell which types of prostate cancer can be left alone and which require urgent action. “It is not a simple matter to predict which tumours will become aggressive, making it hard to decide on treatment for many men,” says lead researcher Dr Jeremy Clark, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School.
E-cigarette starter packs for smoking cessation to be given in hospitals
Apr 30 2021
A new trial from the University of East Anglia will see smokers attending hospital emergency departments given e-cigarette starter packs to help them quit.
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The initiative comes as a Cochrane Review - the international gold standard for high quality, trusted health information – about vaping is updated today.
The review, led by the University of Oxford and involving the UEA team, shows how nicotine electronic cigarettes could increase the number of people who stop smoking compared to nicotine replacement therapy – such as chewing gum and patches – and compared to electronic cigarettes that do not contain nicotine.