An inquiry hears that NHS Tayside should have stopped, or sacked, brain surgeon Dr Sam Eljamel years before action was taken. The reports say concerns about his conduct and professional practice were raised over time, and that earlier intervention could have prevented further harm.
Dr Eljamel is described as later being “disgraced” and was struck off in 2014 following multiple allegations of malpractice. The outlets frame the central issue as whether NHS Tayside responded quickly enough to repeated concerns, and whether internal processes or oversight failed to act with sufficient urgency.
While the sources use slightly different wording—some refer to the organisation “should have” stopped him and others to “should have” sacked him—they point to the same core claim: earlier removal from clinical duties would have been appropriate. The articles do not present differing figures or outcomes beyond the timing of the strike-off and the allegation that earlier action was required.
