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Neurologist to face new fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients is to face a new public hearing over his fitness to practise. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has announced that a hearing into Dr Michael Watt will ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:45

Northern Ireland

Neurologist gave patients drugs with toxic side-effects, tribunal told

An assessment report into a Belfast-based neurologist found that he repeatedly failed to make correct diagnoses, which led to patients inappropriately being given drugs with “serious and toxic side-effects”, a fitness to practise tribunal has ...

04 Sept 2023 at 11:56

Northern Ireland

Coroner to probe deaths of patients treated by Dr Michael Watt

A coroner is to examine the hospital deaths of a number of patients who were treated by neurologist Dr Michael Watt. Coroner Joe McCrisken held a number of pre-inquest reviews at Laganside Courthouse on Monday, where he said he would seek to ...

22 Jan 2024 at 17:01

Northern Ireland

More than 150 people contact police in probe into ex-neurologist Dr Michael Watt

More than 150 people have contacted detectives carrying out an investigation into the clinical practices of former consultant neurologist Dr Michael Watt. Providing an update on Operation Begrain, police have made a new appeal for former ...

06 Mar 2024 at 14:08

Northern Ireland

Police launch investigation into former neurologist Dr Michael Watt

Detectives have launched an investigation into the clinical practices of a former neurologist who was at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients. The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) Operation Begrain will ...

28 Nov 2023 at 13:22

Northern Ireland

Professional performance of neurologist unacceptable, tribunal finds

The professional performance of a neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients has been found to be unacceptable following a medical tribunal. The panel is now set to consider Dr Michael Watt’s fitness to ...

02 Nov 2023 at 15:25

Northern Ireland

GMC argues for erasure of neurologist Dr Michael Watt from medical register

The General Medical Council (GMC) has argued during a tribunal for the erasure from the medical register of the neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients. It comes after Dr Michael Watt’s fitness to ...

03 Nov 2023 at 12:54

Tribunal retires to consider ruling in neurologist fitness to practise hearing

Northern Ireland

Fitness to practise hearing for neurologist Michael Watt proceeds in his absence

A tribunal panel in a fitness to practise hearing into a neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients has retired to consider its findings. Earlier, the tribunal chairman said the case could proceed ...

27 Oct 2023 at 16:08

Northern Ireland

Neurologist Dr Michael Watt withdraws lawyer from fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients has withdrawn his legal representative from a tribunal considering his fitness to practise. A lawyer for Belfast-based neurologist Dr Michael ...

27 Oct 2023 at 11:11

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