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GMC Makes Interim Order against Kent surgeon David Bruce Jackson

The GMC panel considered evidence from a number of Mr Jackson's patients including a woman who had suffered a bowel perforation during a routine tummy-tuck operation.

Michelmores' Kevin Finneran is investigating claims for women in Kent who allege that breast reconstruction operations performed by Mr Jackson were carried out negligently and claims for substantial damages will be made once inquiries have been completed. Treatment is understood to have been carried out by Mr Jackson at various hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust including Kent and Canterbury Hospital at Canterbury, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate and Buckland Hospital Dover.

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In its ratings for 2006-2007 NHS healthcare watchdog the Healthcare Commission gave East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust a rating of "fair" for the quality of service to patients but concluded that the Trust continued to demonstrate weakness in managing its financial resources . In their survey of patients carried out over the same period East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust received an overall "satisfactory" rating.

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Created: 15/11/2007
Categories: Cosmetic surgery