1,500 more patients of jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson recalled

Spire Healthcare contacts patients after opening historical databases, more than two decades after rogue doctor treated them

Health officials are recalling a further 1,500 patients of the jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson, more than two decades after he treated them, after the discovery of an old IT database.

Paterson was jailed for 20 years in 2017 for 17 counts of wounding people with intent after he subjected more than 1,000 patients to unnecessary and damaging operations over 14 years.