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The now retired consultant urologist, Mr Aidan O’Brien who is at the centre of a Urology Lookback Review produced by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust has responded to the review and has claimed he wasn't consulted or invited to provide input.
The report examined the records of 2,112 patients. As a result of this, 527 patients were identified as requiring an appointment with a Southern Trust Urology Consultant and of these, 352 patients required a change in their care and treatment. The remaining 175 patients did not have any change.
In his reply Mr O’Brien said “This Lookback Review was initiated in June 2020 on foot of an incorrect allegation made by the Trust that patients had not been placed on a waiting list for readmission for ureteric stent removal or replacement.
“Changes to management plans, such as those exemplified in the report, are commonly recommended or required when patients are reviewed or when their elective admissions for procedures are considered, for several reasons including changes in their circumstances, changes in their general health or in the condition being managed. Such changes have been all the more commonly required when patients have waited years for review and years for elective admission due to the inadequacy of the urology service provided by Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
“The Lookback Review has been conducted by the Trust itself, and I was not consulted or invited to provide any input. I therefore believe that the report contains questionable inferences and conclusions which should be regarded with caution. I remain fully engaged with the ongoing independent public inquiry, which is looking more broadly at urology services which have been provided by the Trust.”
For background see Trust Urology review sees 352 patients needing changes to care and treatment
