New Inquests Open Into Jailed Surgeon's Patients

A further 2 inquests person been opened into nan deaths of erstwhile patients of jailed surgeon Ian Paterson.

Judge Richard Foster opened nan inquests of Pauline Brown, who died aged 62, and Jennifer Fox, who died aged 47, astatine Birmingham Coroners' Court connected Tuesday.

There are now 65 inquests ongoing into nan deaths of patients of Ian Paterson, who was convicted of wounding patients pinch botched and unnecessary operations successful 2017 and sentenced to 20 years successful prison.

Mr Foster said: "I person logic to judge Mrs Brown and Ms Fox's deaths were caused by aliases contributed to by substandard attraction provided by Ian Paterson and person logic to fishy their deaths were unnatural."

The tribunal heard that adjacent of kin had been traced for some women but they were not coming astatine nan opening connected Tuesday.

Pauline Margaret Brown - maiden sanction Doyle - was calved successful Birmingham and lived successful Water Orton, Warwickshire.

A retired dressmaker, she was joined to a erstwhile work engineer.

She died connected 9 June 2006 astatine George Elliot Hospital successful Nuneaton, pinch her origin of decease recorded arsenic metastatic carcinoma of nan breast.

Jennifer Alison Fox was calved successful Cardiff but lived successful Birmingham and had worked arsenic barroom staff.

She died connected 22 August 2012 astatine nan Velindre Cancer Centre successful Cardiff.

Her origin of decease was recorded arsenic metastatic bosom cancer.

After some inquests were opened and past adjourned to a later day, Judge Foster offered his condolences to some families and said he understood nan inquests mightiness origin further distress, which he would effort to minimise.

"But it is only correct a afloat investigation takes place," he said.

Ian Paterson worked for some Heart of England NHS Trust and backstage believe astatine Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Spire Hospital Parkway and Spire Hospital Little Aston."

The mostly of his patients lived successful Birmingham, Warwickshire and Staffordshire.