Doctor who harmed dozens of patients struck off over fake records

A doctor found by a hospital review to have harmed dozens of bowel surgery patients has been struck off for falsifying medical records.

In May 2022, North Bristol NHS Trust said more than 200 patients had been given unnecessary bowel operations by Anthony Dixon.

A review found dozens of people suffered harm after the consultant gave them pelvic floor surgery using artificial mesh, a technique he had pioneered.

Last July, he was suspended for six months after a medical tribunal ruled he failed to provide adequate clinical care to five patients between 2010 and 2016.

On Wednesday, he was erased from the medical register after the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) considered a new case brought against the sur

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