Tayside

[tey-sahyd]

noun

1. a region in E Scotland. 1,100 sq. mi. (2,849 sq. km).

Example Sentences

NHS Tayside has apologised for adding to patients' trauma with the way it handled concerns over disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel, as a public inquiry gets under way in Edinburgh.

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The inquiry will examine his appointments between 1995 and 2014 and how NHS Tayside responded when concerns were raised about his practice.

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Dr James Cotton, executive medical director of NHS Tayside, said the board recognised the importance of the inquiry to families and acknowledged the many years it had taken to reach this "significant milestone".

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Dr Cotton added that since the publication of NHS Tayside's 2023 Due Diligence Review into Eljamel, the board had "fully committed to making improvements where failings have been identified."

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The inquiry will determine whether patients were let down by failures in clinical governance, risk management, and complaints procedures, and to what extent Eljamel's private practice, research, and workload impacted on the care received by his patients within NHS Tayside.

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