title: Staff told to 'back off' over allegations of surgeon misconduct - hearing told.
abstract: A senior nurse at an NHS hospital instructed a colleague not to raise concerns about a surgeon who operated on the wrong finger of a patient, a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing was told.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D066231:Surgeons; D006113:United Kingdom