A top neurosurgeon has been suspended after a medical tribunal found he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable female patient and repeatedly prescribed her addictive painkillers without proper records or safeguards.

Dr Chirag Patel, who worked at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, first operated on the woman - referred to as Patient A - to remove the damaged part of a disc in her…

A top neurosurgeon has been suspended after a medical tribunal found he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable female patient and repeatedly prescribed her addictive…

UK neurosurgeon Dr Chirag Patel has been suspended for 8 months over a sexual relationship with a patient and prescribing her addictive meds. | Trending