A consultant at Noble’s Hospital has challenged a statement made in the House of Keys yesterday.
Consultant gynaecologist Mark Divers has written to Health Minister David Anderson MHK to question an assertion he made in the Keys.
The controversy comes after a letter was signed by 10 consultants expressing concern about the Manx NHS.
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In the Keys on Tuesday Mr Anderson said: ‘Some of those consultants subsequently withdrew their support for that letter because they believed it overstepped the mark and there where other processes which they could have gone down in place to relay their concerns to management about clinical areas of concern.’
But Mr Divers wrote to Mr Anderson today to say: ‘I have clarified with nine of the ten signatories, the tenth is currently on annual leave, and all confirm that they did not withdraw their support for the letter as you suggest.
‘I am therefore very concerned that you are being placed in a position where you are misleading both Tynwald and the public.
‘I am not sure how 10 consultants writing to the medical director with concerns about patient safety isn’t appropriate and is “overstepping the mark”.’
More on this story in tomorrow’s Manx Independent