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Leicester: Cancer surgery patients receive £6.8m in damages from NHS

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One patient says a failed facial reconstruction operation has sapped his energy and confidence.

By Hannah Richardson & Dan MartinNearly £7m in damages has been paid to cancer patients harmed while undergoing reconstructive surgery.

Figures released by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust , following a Freedom of Information request, show it has settled 41 cases with cancer patients who underwent the surgery between 2009 and 2016.One patient, who did not wish to be named, said a 10-hour operation at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, in 2016, left him so badly disfigured that his wife fainted with shock when she saw him.

 

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