The Telegraph : declared in Four hundred NHS patients offered HIV tests after being operated on by infected surgeon

Four hundred patients have been offered HIV tests after it emerged they had been operated on by a doctor infected with the virus. Emergency clinics are being set up, although doctors have said the chances any patients were infected are "very low". Health officials say the locum medic, who worked in orthodpaedic surgery and A&E, was employed at three NHS hospital trusts between June 2010 and February 2015.

HIV doctor alert prompts recall of patients

These were Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Officials emphasised HIV could not be passed on by day-to-day contact and while HIV positive staff can work on patients, there were strict conditions in place. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Testing for HIV involves a small blood test and results are offered within 24 hoursAn appeal has gone out to retest 400 patients treated by a doctor who was later diagnosed with HIV. The NHS said it would not name the doctor involved but confirmed they were no longer working for the NHS. After being referred to the GMC, the doctor had conditions placed on their registration but was suspended earlier this year.


Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recalled 121 patients, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has recalled 223 and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has recalled 57. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has set up a helpline - 0800 0152804 - for anyone who is concerned about the news. Nottingham's medical director, Dr Stephen Fowlie, said the doctor had treated patients and then subsequently been diagnosed with HIV. More than 400 patients are being recalled for blood tests after being treated by a doctor with HIV. Dr Malcolm Stewart, medical director, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust Medical Director, said: 'There has not been any instance of cross-infection following similar look back exercises in the UK in the past.


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