Hundreds of women are suing a hospital after a doctor made their
incontinence problems worse, with some suffering "life changing"
results.
The Liverpool Women's NHS Trust is being sued by up to 400 women
who were treated by surgeon George Rowland for pre-existing incontinence
problems.
Of the 400 women suing the trust, around 70 cases have been
processed and in 50% of these cases the hospital has admitted
medical negligence and offered
compensation.
Mr Rowland, the former
consultant urogynaecologist was accused of carrying out
inappropriate operations and poor post-operative care on the women
from the mid 1990s up to 2007.
The surgeon has also had conditions imposed on his licence to
practise by the GMC.