Mr. Steven Walker leaving the General Medical Council in London. Walker a surgeon whose string of botched operations left four women dead was ordered to be struck off the medical register. * Steven Walker, 44, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council, which decided he had performed surgery beyond the limit of his competence and expertise. The surgeon, from Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancs, had denied misconduct relating to 10 operations at the Blackpool Victoria NHS Trust which left four women dead and six maimed or disfigured. 05/06/03 : Steven

Mr. Steven Walker leaving the General Medical Council in London.  Walker a surgeon whose string of botched operations left four women dead was ordered to be struck off the medical register.   *  Steven Walker, 44, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council, which decided he had performed surgery beyond the limit of his competence and expertise.  The surgeon, from Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancs, had denied misconduct relating to 10 operations at the Blackpool Victoria NHS Trust which left four women dead and six maimed or disfigured.   05/06/03 : Steven Stock Photo
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1133 x 1312 px | 19.2 x 22.2 cm | 7.6 x 8.7 inches | 150dpi

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3 November 2001

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Stefan Rousseau

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Mr. Steven Walker leaving the General Medical Council in London. Walker a surgeon whose string of botched operations left four women dead was ordered to be struck off the medical register. * Steven Walker, 44, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council, which decided he had performed surgery beyond the limit of his competence and expertise. The surgeon, from Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancs, had denied misconduct relating to 10 operations at the Blackpool Victoria NHS Trust which left four women dead and six maimed or disfigured. 05/06/03 : Steven Walker, who was charged with three counts of manslaughter. He will appear at City of London Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 13. 11/05/04: London's Old Bailey criminal court, heard that two women patients died because of Walker's "gross negligence" and a vital operations register then disappeared from Theatre Two at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Blackpool, and was found some time later in the loft of the doctor's home.

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