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Follow what we’ve been up to in our aim to get a public inquiry into the issues.
Press Release: Patients protest at Police Scotland – 22nd May 2024 @ 1430
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 22nd May 2024 @ 1430 Today, members of our group are protesting outside the Police Scotland building, Bell Street, Dundee. They wish to draw your attention to the severe delays in the Police’s investigations of complaints they submitted,...
Press Release: Scottish Government announces Chairs for Public Inquiry and Individual Clinical Reviews – 29th February 2024 @ 1430
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 29th February 2024 @ 1430 Today the Scottish Government finally announced Lord Weir as Chair for the Public Inquiry into Eljamel and NHS Tayside. They also announced Professor Stephen Wigmore as the Chair for the even longer awaited...
Press Release: Protest at Scottish Parliament – They Dither, We Die! – 21st February 2024 @ 1400
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 21st February 2024 @ 1400 Today the harmed patients of neurosurgeon Eljamel and NHS Tayside felt they were left with no option but to return to their site of previous protests outside the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh. No option...
Press Release: Eljamel Inquiry wins “Public Campaigner of the Year” – 23rd November 2023 @ 2300
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 23rd November 2023 @ 2300 – Eljamel Inquiry wins “Public Campaigner of the Year” At last night’s ceremony for The Herald’s Scottish Politician of the Year Awards our campaign, led by Jules Rose, won the “Public Campaigner of the Year”. This...
Press Release: Reporting NHS Tayside formally to Police Scotland – 8th November 2023 @ 1800
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 8th November 2023 @ 1800 – Reporting NHS Tayside formally to Police Scotland The Lead Patient, Jules Rose, of the Patients’ Action Group today attended the Police Station at Bell Street, Dundee. Jules walked into the station to make a formal...
Press Release: Summary of activity since Public Inquiry announced – 31st October 2023 0900
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 31st October 2023 @ 0900 – Updates since Public Inquiry announcements. The Patients’ Action Group seeking a Public Inquiry into the actions of NHS Tayside and their surgeon, Sam Eljamel, wish to provide an update on activity since the...
Press Release: Protest – Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh – 6th September 2023 1400
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 6th September 2023 @ 1400 – Protest outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. The Patient’s Action Group seeking a Public Inquiry into the actions of NHS Tayside and their surgeon, Sam Eljamel, is staging a protest outside the Scottish...
Archived: NHS Tayside Board meeting 31st August 2023 – Item 8.1 – Eljamel due diligence report.
Archived: NHS Tayside Board meeting 31st August 2023, item 8.1 on their agenda: "NHS Tayside Due Diligence Review of Documentation Held Relating to Professor Eljamel: Executive Medical Director, Dr Pamela Johnston" The full 'board papers' are available here, but...
Archived: 1st September 2023 – Letter from Jim Fairlie, SNP MSP, to Michael Matheson, Health Secretary (SNP).
Archived: Letter from Jim Fairlie, SNP MSP, to Michael Matheson, Health Secretary (SNP). Calling for a Public Inquiry.
Archived: 1st September 2023 – Letter from Graeme Dey, SNP MSP, to constituent and patient of this group.
Archived: Letter from Graeme Dey, SNP MPS, to a constituent who is one of our patients in the group.Dear [REDACTED], I wanted to get back in touch in the wake of the publication of NHS Tayside’s review of their handling to the Eljamel scandal. Along with other MSPs I...
Published: Redacted Letter of ‘apology’ from NHS Tayside to 111 patients (this one was sent to Jules Rose, our lead patient).
We publish today the letter that NHS Tayside has sent out to 111 patients. This is following their recommendations in their 'due diligence' report into how Eljamel was supervised in 2013. This redacted copy was sent to our lead patient, Jules Rose. This has been...
Published: Redacted Letter from Humza Yousaf to Theresa Mallett, patient, in response to her letter July 21st..
We publish today the letter from Humza Yousaf in response to Theresa Mallett's letter of 21st July. This is a redacted copy of the full response from Humza Yousaf.[pdf-embedder...