Mesh bowel patients call for publication of Bristol Spire Hospital report

Patients whose lives were damaged by surgery for bowel problems are calling for a long-awaited report to be published.

More than 200 patients underwent mesh bowel operations in Bristol that they might not have needed.

The surgery was carried out by Tony Dixon at Southmead Hospital and the private Spire Hospital, in Redland.

A review by North Bristol NHS Trust was published in May 2022, but patients are still waiting to hear from Spire.

Jill Smith, 69, from Westbury-on-Trym, paid privately to go to Spire. She said she is still in severe pain following her surgery.

"Emotionally it has affected me big time. It is just horrible," she said. "The stress and panic I get going anywhere, is, 'will I have an accident or something?'."

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Source: BBC News, 18 August 2023