Sacked Bath hospital surgeon loses unfair dismissal claim
The surgeon claimed his dismissal in October 2023 was due to retaliatory victimisation, leading to the tribunal. This came after he raised concerns, which included allegations that cancer patients were not being treated and that a patient had been blinded during surgery.
In October 2023, a disciplinary panel upheld 11 out of 14 allegations against Mr Colbert, leading to his dismissal.These included: bullying and aggressive behaviour, unwanted physical contact, undermining management, inappropriate use of trust processes and rude and dismissive communication.The employment tribunal panel found: "Some of this conduct is more serious than others. An isolated rude email is clearly insufficient to warrant summary dismissal. "Low level unwanted physical contact might also be regarded as somewhat innocuous."
Plans for appeal
The panel added: "Similarly, the fact that the claimant raised issues brought to him by junior doctors with someone other than the clinical lead in the department, may seem a long way from repudiatory conduct."However, once the context, intention and impact are considered, the conduct, taken collectively, does, we conclude, amount to repudiatory breach. "The claimant acted in a way which was coercive to junior colleagues, undermined a senior colleague and was intimidating."Although, there is no doubt at all, that his treatment of other colleagues was exemplary, beneficial and inspiring, that does not detract from our findings."
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
BBC News
3 minutes ago
- BBC News
Manslaughter arrest over woman's death at Thornaby home
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a body was found at a Police said offices were called to Cornfield Road in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, at about 16:45 BST on Friday following the death of a woman, aged 53, at the property. The force said a 25-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and was currently in custody for questioning.A scene is currently in place as part of the investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact the police. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
The Sun
3 minutes ago
- The Sun
Woman, 53, found dead at home & another woman, 25, arrested on suspicion of manslaughter as cops launch urgent probe
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a woman was reported dead at a property in North Yorkshire. Cleveland Police were called to the property on Cornfield Road on Friday July 25 at 4.45pm. They were called to the scene following the death of a 53-year-old woman. A 25-year-old woman has since been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. She remains in police custody for questioning. An investigation is currently underway, with a crime scene established at the property. Police have urged anyone with information to come forward by calling 101 and quoting reference number 139239. 1
The Guardian
3 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Two-fifths of mobile phones stolen in Europe are taken in UK, data reveals
Nearly two in every five phones stolen in Europe are taken in the UK, according to data collated an insurance firm. An analysis of claims made to the American insurance company SquareTrade showed that 39% of all phone thefts across the company's 12 European markets were in Britain. This was despite the UK only making up 10% of the company's European customers. The data revealed that phone theft claims in the UK had increased by 425% since June 2021 and 42% of phone thefts in the UK occurred in London. This equated to 16% of all phone thefts in Europe. The data, reported by the Times, comes amid growing concern about phone snatching, with police saying gangs are now stealing handsets as an easier way to make money than drug dealing. The Metropolitan police said about 80,000 phones were stolen in London last year, describing the phenomenon as an 'organised criminal enterprise'. The stolen devices had a street value of about £20m, with iPhones being targeted most frequently. James Conway, a Met police commander specialising in phone thefts, said phone theft had become more prevalent among gangs partly due to a growing demand for such gadgets in overseas markets, creating opportunities for 'huge profitability'. Conway said: 'These are the same sort of gangs that are also running county lines operations and dealing [drugs] but are getting increasingly involved in robbery and theft … They can make a far greater profit than from dealing drugs in the same period of time with a lower risk from a criminal justice perspective.' The commander added: 'The sort of sentences you see for drug trafficking or drug dealing offences, and those you might receive for a series of thefts as a young person are very different.' The police have called for phone companies to cut off cloud services on stolen phones in an effort to reduce their resale value. Representatives of Google and Apple told the House of Commons science and technology committee last month that security features were already in place to protect customer data. Simon Wingrove, a software engineering manager at Google, said its system for such situations was 'robust and works very well'. Gary Davis, a senior director in regulatory and legal at Apple, said the company was concerned about the potential for fraud. He said there was a risk of bad actors attempting to obtain data and the power to delete accounts for blackmailing victims. The Apple representative added the company had invested 'many hundreds of millions' in designing protections for its customers against phone theft.
