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Date: 21/06/2022 | Ref. 907312
Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 21st June 2022 -
Jean Garland, former patient of neurologist Michael Watt at the publication of the final report by the Independent Neurology Inquiry into the recall of over 5,000 patients in Northern Ireland.
The recall followed concerns raised about potential misdiagnoses by former medical consultant Michael Watt in the Belfast Health Trust.
The establishment of an Independent Inquiry was announced by the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health in May 2018. The Minister for Health, Robin Swann, converted the Independent Neurology Inquiry to a Statutory Public Inquiry on the 11thDecember 2020.
Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.