An investigation into what happened at a Birmingham NHS trust says surgery should remain suspended.
Keith Bastable had deep brain stimulation surgery in Birmingham and suffered side effects including slurred speechPatients who underwent brain operations at a West Midlands NHS trust suffered unnecessarily because of poor surgical outcomes, a report has found.
Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders is used on patients with conditions including Parkinson's disease and dystonia, where medication is becoming less effective. The independent review, carried out by medics from King's College Hospital, was ordered by UHB after a serious incident investigation of a patient who underwent DBS for Parkinson's disease.
They were removed and new ones recently reinserted in Oxford after he was referred to a hospital trust there.Getty ImagesThe procedure involves implanting electrodes into areas of the brain and sending electrical pulses to them It found although it was unwise to refer patients out of the unit without discussing it with the consultant, the lack of support for the nurse was unacceptable.The BBC understands a second Parkinson's patient had electrodes inserted twice by UHB, in 2017 and 2019, with the first causing side effects and the second ones being unusable.
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