Lead campaigner fighting for justice, patient safety and a safer Scotland. Eljamel & NHS Tayside public inquiry. 204 victims. I will never be silenced.
"Patients have suffered. Physically they've suffered. Mentally they've suffered. They have also got more angry as time has gone on so FAITH and TRUST in
@NHSTayside
has completely broken down!"
#TheyDitherWeDie
#EljamelInquiry
We will never be silenced.
Yousaf is not telling the truth, and is completely delusional.
My response to FMQ today..
Yousaf – “I met a number of other victims”
Fact – Yousaf has met 2. Jules Rose and Pat Kelly
Yousaf – “Sympathy for the trauma they have suffered”
Fact – Victims have suffered life
Utterly raging! How DARE
@johnswinney
and
@HannahB4LiviMP
boast of supporting victims! Not ONE SNP MP has been near myself or any victim of the butcher Eljamel in the biggest health scandal in Scottish history. 139 SNP MPs elected to Westminster since 2015 - shame on them all!
Lies, deflection, lies, deflection and more lies! Yousaf is caught out telling porkies again!
29-Jun: Yousaf (FMQs) "a public inquiry is not off the table.”
30-Jun: Matheson - OH YES IT IS - sends letter to cross party MSPs (who support a public inquiry) saying -
"I am not
Over my dead body will Jason Leitch be involved in our one to one patient reviews.
And as for
@HumzaYousaf
, how an earth can all patients suffered and STILL suffering under your health care system have any confidence to support and lead the way with our public inquiry.
Nicola Sturgeon was in tears at the UK Covid Inquiry last Wednesday having flung covid bereaved families under the bus. Today we hear of our First Minister's mental health battle. They should have tried walking in myself and other victims shoes over the last 28 years!
Happy One
Yousaf's resignation speech~ ‘Politics can be brutal’ ‘Impact on his family'. He's very sorry but fully understands the 'Hurt & Anger' felt by the Scottish Greens?? He should try walking in the shoes of any of the 196 victims of Butcher Eljamel for a day! 🤬 As well as the
Let’s remind everyone…
@NicolaSturgeon
was First Minister and Health Secretary for 13 years whilst patients were being butchered under
@NHSTayside
watch. And done nothing to protect us from harm.
We first called for a public inquiry in 2015.
@ShonaRobison
the then Health
Let’s not forget, during the meeting I had with
@MathesonMichael
in June 2023 during his role as health minister, he point blank refused our demand for a public inquiry
@eljamelInquiry
It appears he’s got form for not doing the right thing…compounded trauma for 197 victims
I'll be on GMS at 8.15am tomorrow to discuss why myself and all victims will not allow any more can kicking from
@HumzaYousaf
and
@MathesonMichael
. Make no mistake, this is PO scandal Mark II - victims have been shafted for 20 plus
years! Enough is enough.
@HumzaYousaf
continually tries to downgrade very serious criminal matters and attempts to shield his friends,
@NHSTayside
and of course his SNP! He is trying to fob us off with an independent review. This is an absolute insult to all patients who have been harmed by rogue
So,
@HumzaYousaf
- you claimed to be “winging” it as Health Secretary early on. I'd say you are still “winging” it- making it up as you go along: still no timescale or Chair to get the Public Inquiry underway, still no help for patients with separately promised clinical reviews
So, just when you thought your opinion of the despicable
@jasonleitch
and
@MathesonMichael
couldn’t sink any lower, we have skulduggery of the highest order! Leitch was copied in on absolutely everything in regard to all things with Eljamel and
@NHSTayside
! Mr Matheson told me
Thanks to Douglas Ross, Liz Smith and Sandesh Gulhane for taking the time to come, support and meet harmed victims once again. Also other cross party MSPs. Disappointingly I cannot say that about any SNP MSPs - 12 invited. 1 declined, 11 ignored me.
@eljamelInquiry
This afternoon I spoke with
@julesmrose
and fellow campaigners seeking justice and answers surrounding the disgraced surgeon Prof Eljamel.
Five months ago they were promised a public inquiry and shamefully they are still waiting.
We’re closing in… 💪🏾
****PATIENTS ACTION GROUP REPORT THE HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE TO UK MINISTERS AT THE DWP (Sponsoring department of HSE) AND THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FOR FAILURE TO CARRY OUT ITS LEGISLATIVE DUTIES TO INVESTIGATE NHS TAYSIDE AND ROGUE SURGEON, SAM ELJAMEL
Deserting a sinking ship?! 😉
On behalf of all victims harmed under
@NHSTayside
and
@scotgov
who enabled Butcher Eljamel to cause serious life changing injuries on 174 patients, we are extremely delighted. However this should have happened months ago! Who’s next? 🤨
The Scottish Government is downplaying under-fire Professor Jason Leitch's involvement in investigations into disgraced Sam Eljamel after a major backlash from patients this week.
5 YEARS and 5 MONTHS…
since I lodged a complaint with Police Scotland regarding butcher Eljamel.
5 years and 5 months of them repeatedly kicking the can down the road. STILL waiting for a decision to even establish if it’s criminality or not?
A further 89 patients have now
NHS Tayside caught out lying! Again! In my SAR from SG, they say to
@HumzaYousaf
“NHS Tayside have confirmed to officials that they have offered her …….referral for treatment in England”
I HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFERED THIS!
What excuse shall they give for this lie?! How can
Do you trust
@ShonaRobison
to run the country whilst her buddy
@HumzaYousaf
is on paternity leave? 🤨
Pat first went to Ms Robison the then health secretary as well as an SNP MSP for the area in 2015. But he said: "She fobbed it off.
"By then, there was a damning Royal College
So SG think appointing Jason Leitch to oversee independent review/PI “indirectly” is going to fool us🤔?! He was and remains a substantive employee of NHS Tayside! Stinks of hidden agendas and lack of integrity/objectivity. We don’t button up the back! Nor are we “winging” it.
So I read the Murdo Fraser story with interest. My subject access request was pretty revealing (trying to shut me down and discredit my character). Makes you wonder what sort of information is held against those dissenting voices across the board?? Feels like we are labeled
Absolutely delighted that Jackie Baillie is giving her full support by writing to
@HumzaYousaf
to support our call for a public inquiry into the harm 131 patients have suffered under Eljamel and
@NHSTayside
care.
They can’t run for much longer!! 💪🏾💪🏾
PLEASE RETWEET 🙏
I’m confused. Scottish Greens claim they have supported us? 🤨 IF Maggie Chapman has spoke on our behalf in Parliament (pre 2024), why did she walk past me twice at our protest two weeks ago and not come say hello? But was close enough to see the colour of my eyes on one
@julesmrose
Greens Maggie Chapman walked past to attend another protest at the other end of the Parliament while
@JulesRose
spoke with Willie Rennie from the Lib Dems - quite a busy afternoon at Holyrood
Humza Yousaf has completely backtracked again and scored ANOTHER own goal!! Said he would meet other harmed patients after Theresa Mallets heckle.
This below evidences he used Theresa for his own PR “caring” stunt. Not! Cheers
@HumzaYousaf
Another nail in the ⚰️👌
Yousaf v’s Matheson
Humza Yousaf said ~ ”A public inquiry is not ruled off the table.”
Michael Matheson said ~ “The reality is a public inquiry will not provide them with the answers they’re looking for.”
THE RIGHT HAND DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING…
Two weeks
These are some impact statements from Butcher Eljamel's victims. The impact clips remind us all why a Public Inquiry matters! It's extremely moving and there will be those who find it too distressing to watch. 💔
@eljamelInquiry
@Fyrishsunset
@markthehibby
@AgentP22
200 of us were butchered by an evil Surgeon here in Scotland, Ruth! Not only 'largely unchecked' but enabled and indeed covered up by
@NHSTayside
and
@scotgov
. We placed our trust fully in those who should have cared for us, but we were failed in the most horrific way!
@MareeToddMSP
And neither has the extent of abuse to 196 victims under your
@scotgov
and
@NHSTayside
that allowed surgeon Eljamel to commit his butchery been uncovered.😡
So please don’t start the poor “woe me woe me!”
@MareeToddMSP
Protest number 7.
NHS Tayside top brass will retire with their obscene ‘Pension Pots’ - just like Vennells and co. in the PO scandal. Rolling in the money whilst those lives they helped to destroy are in pain both physically and mentally. Many patients financially struggling as
Utterly raging! (Again) 😡Promises not delivered? PASSING the buck? BS excuses? No accountability?
@neilcgray
is EXACTLY the same as previous Health Secretaries; Matheson, Yousaf, Freeman, Robison and Sturgeon. We demand Action not Words!
#TheyDitherWeDie
@AgentP22
@ziggy6769
David Davis 👇
“When the Crown
Office shows no interest in investigating these matters.”
It’s nearing SIX YEARS for
@PoliceScotland
and
@COPFS
to make a decision on criminality re Butcher Eljamel and
@NHSTayside
. 😡😡
It’s not surprising that a lot of people are saying
David Davis drops a bombshells on the Sturgeon Gang. Leslie Evans’ biased oversight, Liz Lloyd leaking reports to the press, both speaking to witnesses beforehand, accusations of illegality, govt/SNP meetings. “Collusion, perjury up to criminal conspiracy”
Evidence below of the deceit of NHS Tayside and the Scottish government.
@HumzaYousaf
and
@MathesonMichael
telling porkies again…tut tut tut.
Public inquiry time Mr Yousaf!! Failing your “people of Scotland”… Again.
Yeah! I bet the “SNP refused to comment”. I am so SO angry 🤬
Plus I’m pretty sure when Lady Hallett reports early next year on the shameful spectacle (Scottish Module) at the EICC last January, it will be damning in the extreme. We are utterly DETERMINED there will be NO
Something Rotten in the State of SNP Scotland! Coaching? Sneaky meetings? Mass Deletion of evidence? Lies? Dodgy wee WhatsApp groups? Redactions? Bullying? Politicians & Officials institutional stitch ups and Cover Ups? Every Public Inquiry under Sturgeon and Swinney has been
The idea that Jason Leitch is to preside over an independent inquiry into NHS Tayside *while he is an employee of NHS Tayside* is utterly ubsurd.
The Eljamel patients must have full confidence in the process and this would undermine it from the outset.
Exclusive in
@thecourieruk
this afternoon - top lawyer Jamie Dawson QC, who grilled Nicola Sturgeon during the UK Covid probe, is taking on a similar role in the upcoming Eljamel inquiry. Patients are "delighted" at the development.
We, the 200 patients of the Butcher Surgeon Eljamel suffer from low mood, anxiety, trauma and distress! We are NOT fine! 💔 I’ll tell you who are FINE - those who enabled him and covered it up in
@NHSTayside
and
@scotgov
. They all have big fat pension pots and acted like they
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Employees at
@NHSTayside
are starting to talk. I am appealing for staff who witnessed the wrongs doings with butcher Eljamel and those in power at Ninewells to please come forward and help us solidify a public inquiry.
Please do the right thing 👇
***33 seconds, please play***
Gravity of the destruction thanks to
@scotgov
,
@NHSTayside
& butcher Eljamel is now 192 PATIENTS!! That number's only going to go one way! For context - 700 people were victims of the PO scandal in the UK. Eljamel Scandal would be 3 times more than
Many patients butchered by Eljamel confined to wheelchairs don't have that option First Minister! 💔 Many of your Gvt, such as
@ShonaRobison
,
@AConstance23
@haughey_clare
have shown little or no interest in even meeting with victims! In particular, the latter who is tasked with
The morning after the night before. Perfect start to the day
@parkrun
#Munich
. Westpark is a beautiful park in the heart of the city. Running is such an important part of keeping me physically and mentally healthy.
Spoke to head of data
@NHSTayside
. She confirmed that Medical Director has still NOT provided me my information under Subject Access Report. And that i need to wait until her PA is back from hols next week! 3 weeks overdue now! Oh and Pamela Johnston Medical Director is also a
172 + patients butchered by Prof Eljamel over 28 years under
@NHSTayside
watch resulting in life changing injuries.
@HumzaYousaf
,
@neilcgray
and
@MathesonMichael
repeatedly procrastinating to appoint chair into public inquiry and independent clinical reviews for all patients
“It was just a token visit to shut me up.”
Let’s not forget
@HumzaYousaf
lack of support throughout our fight for justice. One year ago, Supergran
@mal68816
had to resort to heckling Yousaf at the SNP Independence Conference.
Theresa says she was unimpressed by then First
Hypocrisy on steroids🤬 Chapman literally walked past, completely ignoring, the Eljamel Protest last wk to attend another protest with Gomersall spouting usual guff from a microphone! This in itself was shockingly disrespectful to the Eljamel victims!
@julesmrose
@ziggy6769
Great to hear Jeremy Kyle explain why Theresa heckled
@HumzaYousaf
last Saturday.
“SNP are finished in Scotland” he said. 👌
@danwootton
still hoping for you to cover this. 😉
If you didn't catch
@TalkTV
's "Plank of the Week" show from yesterday -
@jkyleofficial
calls out "Humza Useless" for failing patients - when he was 'given 7-bells' by our Theresa. [Full video is here for reference - ]
Under NO circumstances will the victims of
@eljamelinquiry
stand by and watch another public inquiry stitch up in Scotland. 😡 My heart truly goes out to all families impacted with the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. 💔
As
@jackiebmsp
has stated about this inquiry, ‘the families
We could never have secured a public inquiry and independent clinical reviews without
@mspliz
Liz has, in my opinion, went above and beyond her role to assist us with this scandal over the last ten years i have been communicating with her.
And extremely well said Liz! 👏
Salmond, Ferries and COVID.
@nicolasturgeon
and her Scottish Government’s MO will do everything and anything to stop the truth getting out. So what chance do we, now 170 harmed victims butchered by rogue surgeon Eljamel under
@nhstayside
’s watch have?! Most of us have been
👇
#Sturgeon
at the Salmond Inquiry & Public Audit Cttee in regard the
#FerriesScandal
blatantly & repeatedly lied. Wilfully deleted incriminating information & ensured NO records were kept of crucial meetings. She went of her way to Nuke both. She is utterly WICKED!
#JailSturgeon
So,
@haughey_clare
who is Holyrood's Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is looking to appoint a 'Patient Safety' Commissioner. However, same Ms Haughey has shown ZERO interest in the victims of butcher Eljamel. One of the biggest health scandals in Scottish
For years Labour politicians were happy to pose for photos and offer warm words of support to
#WASPI
campaigners. Now they have let the truth slip out and they are going to do absolutely nothing to right this injustice. Utterly shameful
TO DATE 130+ patients butchered by Prof Eljamel over 18 yrs on
@NHSTayside
watch.
Life changing injuries.
Public Inquiry only way to justice. SNP Govmnts refuse PI, failed patients.
My damning ind. report highlights mgt failures & lack clinical gov.
SNP Matheson can't control
Yesterday I met victims of the disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel ahead of their protest outside the Scottish Parliament. Their frustration over the length of time since a public inquiry was announced was clear. 166 days on and they are still waiting for a chair to be appointed.
Perhaps
@ShonaRobison
will have more time now to meet with her harmed constituents butchered by
@NHSTayside
and
@scotgov
that she couldn’t be bothered to meet in 2023. Felt it was suffice to send a “one size fits all” email instead. 😡One registered blind patient to begin with.
Can I please ask you to take some time and listen to the speech I gave at our latest protest
@eljamelInquiry
. Please also share as far and wide as possible. 💪🏾 🙏
Even now into our campaign, there are still lots of people that aren’t truly aware of what we’re up against -
The gross insensitivity of posts like this from elected politicians to all patients of the butcher Eljamel, one of the greatest Health Scandals in Scottish history! Miss Callaghan would do well to come to our protest in Dundee on Wednesday and speak with patients to educate
Another scandal at the hands of Westminster.
Another in a very long list.
So many lives lost and many more in tatters.
It's only with independence we'll be free of Westminster scandals for good.
Let’s see what Mr Yousaf comes back with…why has he only now said he’ll meet with one patient ~ Theresa? Who is new onboard. And we’ve been campaigning for 8 months and he’s always avoided us!
Is it because she was SNP?
And this is his publicity stunt? Lip service?
It's always about THEM! Never about US! Stronger for themselves! 🤬 Harmed victims by Butcher Eljamel,
@NHSTayside
and
@scotgov
would love to have been able to have been in paid employment even for a day! But unable to due to life changing injuries under your watch!!
GET REAL!
🧵On an incredibly difficult night for the SNP, I'm sorry to see wonderful colleagues lose their seats.
Each of them has been a dedicated public servant and has a bright future ahead of them whatever they choose to do.
I am also thinking of their staff members now out of a job.
@LouiseSlorance
Louise extremely well said and I have nothing but complete admiration for you having to undertake all that you have and still do, having to battle for the justice and answers you and your family so rightly deserve
You are one amazing lady and never forget that. ❤️💪🏾
The Chief Constable took to the media to say a report will be submitted to the Crown on their 3 year investigation, into SNP finances, within weeks. Our complaints were first submitted to
@PoliceScotland
into the Brain Butcher Eljamel and
@NHSTayside
5 YEARS ago and still
“All because of the butcher under NHS Tayside." "I had to leave school at the age of 13, to become a full time carer." "You stole my mums life, she never came back the same person." 175 VICTIMS but THOUSANDS impacted by the butcher Eljamel. Please listen to their harrowing &
“The modus operandi is secrecy and concealment.”
“Institutional paranoia of secrecy.”
“Ordered to delete an important message.”
Please give me one reason why we should trust
@jasonleitch
@scotgov
for our public inquiry based on this whistleblowers revelations…!
Because we
Could you imagine being in so much pain caused by butcher Eljamel that you were unable to care for your 3 year old daughter who was battling leukaemia? This is victim Tracey’s story 👇💔💔
“In 2001 Eljamel BLEW UP MY LIFE! 💔 Surgery for a bulging disc, by the arrogant butcher
With all due respect, 200 harmed patients under your watch
@scotgov
have “an incredibly difficult night” every night! Every year! With physical and mental pain. And have done since they were butchered by Eljamel and
@NHSTayside
. So please stop with your baa baa bleating and dry
Its been an incredibly difficult night for
@theSNP
. On a personal level, I’m gutted to see good people lose their seats. On a party level, we’ve got to rebuild trust with the electorate -
@JohnSwinney
promised we will listen, work with new UKG & focus on serving Scotland well.
Over the years I have collated a significant amount of evidence which I feel suggests that
@NHSTayside
’s lack of clinical oversight reaches the threshold of criminality. Today I made a formal complaint to Police Scotland.
Press Release: Reporting NHS Tayside formally to Police Scotland 8th Nov 2023 @ 6pm
"Jules Rose attended the Police Station at Bell Street, Dundee. Jules walked into the station to make a formal complaint about NHS Tayside."
174+ patients butchered by Prof Eljamel over 18 years under
@NHSTayside
watch resulting in life changing injuries.
@neilcgray
finally appoints chair for public inquiry and 1-1 clinical reviews.
It should not be underestimated that this only came as a consequence of the sheer
My offer still stands for
@AmyCallaghanSNP
to attend our protest tomorrow and get down to the victims wheelchair level and be educated what harm and life changing injuries Butcher Eljamel,
@NHSTayside
and her
@scotgov
caused to 196 victims.
2pm at Bell Street Police Station,
🔥🔥Nobody actually knows what his salary is? Nobody knows what his expenses are? He doesn't have to declare interests. There is the whole Eljamel thing? 🤬🤬 I think he has gone because there are far more SKELETONS in JASON LEITCH's closet that are yet to come out"
@julesmrose
Utterly raging!
@AConstance23
said “specialist officers from the Major Investigation Team”. To clarify, this team are NOT UNIQUE to Operation Stringent! As advised to myself from DI Murdoch - they are pulled off to any Tom, Dick or Harry investigation. ONE SIZE FITS ALL!
‘Decades of deflection.
Decades of denial.
Decades of deceit.’
The Infected Blood Scandal Report should anger us all.
Its recommendations must be acted upon, not least the urgent issuing of compensation.
Justice delayed would be justice denied.
I have requested a meeting through the DI overseeing Operation Stringent with the Chief Constable on the back of yesterday’s response to
@michaeljmarra
's question by the Justice Minister
@AConstance23
. She is completely delusional as to what is actually happening! We've waited
It's been 1,997 days since a criminal complaint was made to
@PoliceScotland
against Sam Eljamel. Eljamel's patients deserve some action on this matter. The complaint was made on 13th September 2018, over 5 years ago!
You’ve got ‘injustices’ closer to home, Humza, why not address them first: stop delaying the Public Inquiry and the clinical reviews for patients at the hands of NHS Tayside and Eljamel?!
@eljamelInquiry
@afneil
@FraserNelson
“The Scottish Government stands with those who suffer injustices and we will use our platform to advocate for change”
Except for Scotland’s victims of Covid, Eljamel and QEUH, eh
@AngusRobertson
. Shameful, the lot if you.
Ellen's literally 'broken' both physically and mentally by the Butcher Eljamel! This wicked man should be rotting in a Scottish jail for the rest of his life! Those who enabled him, covered up for him and let him flee to another country to carry out more evilness, including the
Well I’m one of those patients who was placed under harm not once but twice within 5 months and butchered by Eljamel and I haven’t received an apology!!
BREAKING: NHS Tayside has sent out apology letters to patients who were operated on by disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel during the period he was under light-touch supervision, before his eventual suspension.
A productive meeting yesterday with
@JNHanvey
who is supporting his constituent and harmed patient of Eljamel and
@NHSTayside
as well as our cause
@eljamelInquiry
. Wish I could extend the thanks to
@ShonaRobison
who sent a “one size fits all” letter to another harmed patient
I wonder if
@HumzaYousaf
and
@neilcgray
would want
@NHSTayside
held to account if it was their loved ones that attempted suicide due to pain, trauma and suffering under butcher Eljamel? 🩸What do you think? Still waiting Mr Gray. Sometime real soon please and thank you. Stop the
1. Waited 24 days for this feeble reply.
2. 285 days since
@MathesonMichael
advised of clinical reviews. No movement.
3. “My officials are progressing work on the terms of reference of this process.” Directly or indirectly he must not be involved. And must go!
#SackLeitch
Grotesque insensitivity from Neil Gray!👇👇 'There wasn't much sympathy for his plight among users, including victims of 'butcher' brain surgeon Sam Eljamel, who have been critical of the Scottish Government's handling of the scandal.'
So… Gerry Marr (ex CEO)
@NHSTayside
appears to be great buddies with
@jasonleitch
at the time Marr allowed Eljamel to butcher patients AND Leitch under Tayside’s payroll. At the very least Leitch has an unconscious bias over our clinical reviews and pending public inquiry.
Another huge exclusive in
@thecourieruk
this afternoon. Today Jason Leitch is facing more calls to stand down from any role in overseeing Eljamel investigations as we reveal his close links to a former NHS Tayside chief executive.
So as well as 134 harmed patients that I represent, Tayside now state 111 patients put in the hands of a butcher surgeon who should not have been allowed to operate from. Patients harmed-Lives ruined.
#Eljamel
#Tayside
#SNP
all as guilty as each other.
@eljamelInquiry
@MareeToddMSP
God forbid the women AND men speak up for themselves that you and your
@scotgov
allowed and enabled Butcher Eljamel to cause life changing injuries!!
Fancy meeting me as patient rep sometime in your role as Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport? All 200 victims
Does
@HumzaYousaf
think we are “sitting ducks…?!” We have waited long enough for a Chair to be appointed. He should know by now my bone is well and truly gripped in my mouth and this will only get worse if we have any more delaying and procrastinating tactics!
@eljamelInquiry