News Archives
Coventry Telegraph, 10 December 2009 - Doctor faces more trouble
Midlands Today, 8 December 2009 - Trust threatens action against Dr Mattu
Midlands Today, 26 March 2009 - Hospital whistleblower cleared
28 September 2007 - Event to mark the end of 5½ years suspension & Dr Mattu's return to work
Trust lifts Dr Mattu's suspension at last after 5 ½ years - 30 Jul 2007
BBC TV and Radio Reinstatement headlines
Midlands Today, 30 July 2007 - Lunch / Evening
Coventry & Warwickshire Radio - 30 July 2007
Coventry & Warwickshire Radio, 31 July 2007 - Dr Mattu interview
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Public Statement, 30 July 2007 - Dr Raj Mattu
“After five and a half years of my life having been taken away from me, I struggle to express my relief and joy on being told that that my suspension by University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust is at last lifted with immediate effect. It is no coincidence that this just decision follows the appointment of a new senior management team. The new Trust Chairman Phil Townshend had pledged to resolve my case. Following constructive meetings with Mr Townshend, Mr Martin Lee the interim Chief Executive, and Mr Gary Ward the interim Medical Director, I am pleased that I am duly reinstated as Consultant Cardiologist at UHCW and that the undertaking given to resolve matters has begun. This has been a terrible ordeal for me, my fiancée, family and friends. I can only hope that we will now be able to get on with our lives with the dignity and freedoms that everyone else enjoys.”
Public Statement, 30 July 2007 - Sangeeta Harish (Fiancée to Raj Mattu)
“I am extremely happy that the new Hospital Trust Management has finally done the right and honourable thing by reinstating Dr Raj Mattu. With millions of pounds spent on his suspension, Raj managed to agree meetings with the new Trust Chairman Phillip Townshend and the Interim Trust Chief Executive, Mr Martin Lee, without the expensive lawyers being involved. I am pleased that Mr Townshend has committed to the assurances that he gave at the Trust Board meetings. I am looking forward to Raj returning to work. We have suffered for five and a half years and we are looking forward to having a normal life again at long last.”
Previous BBC Coverage
30 May 2007 - BBC calls for inquiry into withholding information on 5 in 4 deaths
21 February 2007 - Fifth anniversary of suspension
19 December 2006 - Hospital told to overcrowd
3 October 2006 - Plot against Dr Mattu by Trust Managers revealed
29 May 2004 - BBC Radio 4 Today Program
TV and Radio
31 July 2007 - Dr Mattu speaks on BBC CWR
30 July 2007 - Suspension lifted on heart doctor
30 May 2007 - BBC calls for inquiry into withholding information on 5 in 4 deaths
21 February 2007 - Fifth anniversary of suspension
19 December 2006 - Hospital told to overcrowd
3 October 2006 - Plot against Dr Mattu by Trust Managers revealed
7 February 2006 - MP demands end to surgeon's case
29 May 2004 - Delays in deciding medic's future
23 February 2004 - Call for end to surgeon's suspension
12 December 2003 - Calls for suspended surgeon's return
28 November 2003 - Summit over suspended surgeon
22 October 2003 - Hospital faces second death claim
6 October 2003 - Interview Mr Brian King - BBC Radio
5 September 2003 - Interview Pauline Black -BBC Radioo
4 August 2003 - Suspended Doctor Resumes Teaching
8 September 2002 - Supporters Back Surgeon
30 May 2002 - Walsgrave management feel pressure over suspensions
In the Papers - July 2004 to August 2007
Date is set for Mattu hearing - Jul 9 2004
Heart doc's case just can't wait - Jul 16 2004
City MP opts out of Mattu calls - Jul 21 2004
Parliament hears Mattu pleas - Jul 22 2004
Dr Raj Mattu health warning: raise patient safety concerns at your peril - Jul 24 2004
Mattu speaks out on 'false accusations' - Jul 26 2004
Mattu's case debated in Commons - Jul 29 2004
Crowded wards did not lead to deaths - Dec 2 2004
Shocking £1m cost of Mattu case - May 11 2005
MP calls surgeon's suspension "crazy" - May 19 2005
Whistle-blowers casefile - Jun 23 2005
Give Doctors And Nurses More Control - Oct 12 2005
Mattu still not at work - 4 years on - Oct 25 2005
4 years... and still waiting - Jan 4 2006
MP fears Mattu findings cover-up - Feb 20 2006
MP wants end to secrecy over hospital inquiry - Feb 23 2006
MP in call on Mattu report - Mar 27 2006
Heart doctor to face disciplinary action - Apr 11 2006
Mattu says: I want report kept secret - Apr 12 2006
MPs urge Mattu: publish report - Apr 19 2006
Opposing Mattu for his friends - Apr 27 2006
Mattu speaks out in TV debate - Apr 28 2006
Scandalous Waste of NHS Cash - Jan 18 2007
Protestors fight for Mattu Return - Feb 22 2007
Demo marks five 'unhappy' years - Mar 2 2007
Carry on doctor - after five years and £5m - July 31 2007
After five years and £4m, Dr Mattu can at last go back to work - July 31 2007
Whistleblower Reinstated - The NHS Exposed Blog - July 31 2007
Scandal of £4m bill to keep doctor at home....for 5 years - Aug 1 2007
Doctor cleared after five years - Aug 1 2007
Doc gets job back - Aug 1 2007
£2m NHS bill over doctor suspended for 5½ years - Aug 1 2007
NHS whistleblower will go back to work after 5 years - Aug 1 2007
Cardiac specialist's skills stunted by ban - Aug 1 2007
Delight with Raj decision - Aug 1 2007
The doctor will see you now - Aug 2 2007
Dr Raj Mattu - Aug 2 2007 next page
Indian doc wins job battle in UK - Aug 2 2007
Doctor's five-year 'torture' comes to an end - Aug 3 2007
MP Bob's relief at Mattu decision - Aug 3 2007
Nov 2003 to June 2004
Suspended Doctors: Secret NHS Scandal - November 2003
MPs push for answers in Mattu row - Nov 3 2003
Bully claims to be taken up - Nov 5 2003
Counting the real cost of suspension - Nov 6 2003
'My debt to Dr Raj Mattu' - Nov 7 2003
Doctor row costs £275k - Nov 15 2003
MP offers to mediate in Mattu case - Nov 18 2003
Urged to act on Mattu case - Nov 24 2003
Heart study published after delay - Nov 24 2003
MP to end Mattu saga - Nov 25 2003
MPs foiled in bid to end Mattu row - Nov 28 2003
Talks begin over Mattu's return - Dec 8 2003
Mattu no closer to returning to work, campaigners claim - Dec 11 2003
High cost of medical justice - Dec 12 2003
Suspended doctor talks grind to halt - Dec 15 2003
New bid to ease pain of suspended doctors - Dec 30 2003
Consultants in big show of support for Mattu - Dec 30 2003
Hospital beds probe is 'well under way' - Jan 29 2004
No end in sight to Dr Raj Mattu row - Feb 21 2004
Musical backing for Mattu protest - Feb 23 2004
MP in clash with barred heart doctor - Mar 20 2004
MP apologises to suspended surgeon - Mar 26 2004
Suspended doctor's new role - Mar 31 2004
With a one, two ... bring back Mattu - Apr 13 2004
'I will never forget that awful day' - Apr 17 2004
Protest meeting in support of Mattu - Apr 19 2004
Bosses blasted over costly saga - Jun 1 2004
January 2003 to October 2003
Fresh move in doctor wrangle - Jan 2 2003
Delay over Mattu inquiry - Jan 8 2003
Show to help heart clinic - Jan 21 2003
Thieves returned my car! - Jan 25 2003
New hearing for suspended surgeon - Feb 3 2003
Fundraisers open hearts for doctor - Feb 21 2003
Bid to oust health chief - Jun 20 2003
Hundreds join rally for doc - Jun 23 2003
Doc quits over Mattu 'conspiracy' - Jul 3 2003
'Mattu inquiry is invalid' - GP - Jul 9 2003
The heart of the matter - Jul 14 2003
Stoten to stay on as chairman - Jul 31 2003
Back-to-work joy for Mattu - Aug 2 2003
Mattu 'delighted' to get back to work - Aug 4 2003
Suspended surgeon takes to the stage - Aug 21 2003
Suspended surgeon's research fund frozen - Aug 28 2003
Mattu row 'freezes research funds' - Aug 28 2003
Two-Tone converts to Mattu case - Sep 10 2003
Renewed calls for Mattu action - Oct 6 2003
New inquiry into crowded wards - Oct 22 2003
Doctor row goes to the Commons - Oct 23 2003
NHS suspensions 'waste ~ £50m a year' - Oct 27 2003
Questions over suspended doc - Oct 28 2003
Mattu: Questions asked in the House - Oct 28 2003
Minister to investigate Mattu row - Oct 29 2003
MPs call for surgeon's reinstatement - Oct 30 2003
October 2001 to December 2002
Probe over deaths claim - Oct 3 2001
Revealed: the hospitals with the worst death rates in Britain - Nov 18 2001
Hospital suspends cardiac surgeon - Feb 22 2002
Hospital probe sparks fears - Feb 23 2002
MP in Commons call over surgeon - Feb 26 2002
Question over NHS boss selection - Mar 15 2002
Surgeon's case goes to Parliament - Mar 19 2002
Heart man died after operation delays - Mar 21 2002
MPs' quiz over hospital chief - Mar 21 2002
Junior Doctor leaves Walsgrave Hospital - April 2002
Consultant's group protest - Apr 1 2002
Suspended surgeon protest grows - Apr 10 2002
Sikhs rally to heart consultant - Apr 25 2002
'Hospital row must end' - May 29 2002
Hearing against consultant adjourned - May 30 2002
Fresh start for local hospitals - Jun 27 2002
Suspension no bar to doctor - July 2 2002
NHS probe is welcomed - Aug 9 2002
Walsgrave disciplinary at stalemate - Aug 22 2002
Hospital heart problem - Aug 26 2002
Hospital Trust set to enter a new era - Sep 3 2002
MP to speak at Mattu meeting - Sep 26 2002
Comment - sort this Mattu mess - Sep 26 2002
MP: 'Reinstate Mattu now' - Oct 5 2002
Milburn: I'm on your case now - Oct 11 2002
Brother's plea over consultant - Oct 14 2002
Suspended surgeon retires - Oct 16 2002
Dinner held for suspended doctor - Nov 1 2002
Vicar seeks help in battle - Dec 28 2002