Breast surgeon jailed for 20 years for unnecessary operations 'stripped of £1m pension'

Ian Paterson is facing having his £1 cardinal pension cookware taken distant (Image: PA)

A rogue bosom surgeon who performed unnecessary operations connected much than 1,000 patients is acceptable to suffer his £1 cardinal pension pot.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has reportedly decided to portion Ian Paterson of his taxpayer-funded pension - utilizing rules that licence NHS benefits to beryllium forfeited successful cases of criminal, negligent oregon fraudulent acts.

According to The Sunday Times, the determination indispensable beryllium authorised by the Secretary of State, with the offences being deemed truthful terrible they effect successful a “serious nonaccomplishment of assurance successful the nationalist service” oregon are considered “gravely injurious to the state”.

“Butcher” Paterson is serving a 20-year jailhouse word aft his 2017 condemnation for crimes that took spot implicit 14 years.

The once-leading surgeon worked for the NHS successful Birmingham and Solihull, gathering a signifier astatine 2 backstage hospitals tally by Spire Healthcare.

An inquest is owed to commencement this month, looking astatine the deaths of much than 60 women antecedently nether Paterson’s care.

It is expected to past for 2 years and volition see whether they died unnatural deaths arsenic a effect of his actions.

Coroner Richard Foster, who volition seat proceedings, said helium “had crushed to believe” sub-standard attraction by Paterson had caused oregon contributed to the deaths of women.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said: "These were appalling crimes and we are assisting His Majesty's Coroner with the inquests concerning the tragic deaths of patients antecedently treated by Ian Paterson. We connection our sincere condolences to the families.

"Cases similar this are fortunately uncommon but this Government volition prioritise diligent information to guarantee everyone receives the high-quality, harmless attraction they deserve.

"We recognize families' vexation and recognise that important improvements to diligent information are required. This Government is moving urgently to guarantee each lessons from this unspeakable lawsuit are being learned."

The quality of the pension removal comes aft reports Paterson volition walk the remainder of his condemnation successful an unfastened prison. He could beryllium released arsenic soon arsenic 2027 aft serving fractional of his sentence.