New surgeon to start work in the New Year

Thu, 15 Sep 2011

The new surgeon will be based at Noble's Hospital from next year

The Island's new general surgeon will start work in the New Year.

The Department of Health has announced that a highly experienced surgeon has accepted the role, and that she'll start work in early 2012 subject to pre-employment checks.

As part of the role, she'll take on the Island's breast care programme.

The decision to appoint a general surgeon with an interest in breast care was met with anger by some, who saw the decision not to keep a specialist breast surgeon as a downgrading of the service.

The new surgeon is described as a highly experienced breast surgeon who has worked as a consultant surgeon for the last eleven years, with experience in oncoplastic surgery and reconstructive breast surgery.