AN investigation is being carried out into why logbooks relating to a disgraced neurosurgeon were destroyed ahead of a public inquiry into his conduct – with Scotland’s Health Secretary insisting he is “greatly concerned, angry and appalled” by what happened.

Neil Gray said he had met NHS Tayside chief executive Nicky Connor on Thursday, after the destruction of the books was revealed.

The disclosure came at a public inquiry being held into the practice of Sam Eljamel, who was a consultant neurosurgeon at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee from 1995 until his suspension in December 2013.

It is taking place after patients of the former neurosurgeon, originally from Libya, raised concerns he had harmed as many as 200 people, with some said to have suffered life-changing injuries.

While a

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