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| Father attends radiation hearing | Father attends radiation hearing |
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| The father of a teenager who died after receiving radiation overdoses during cancer treatment plans to attend the misconduct hearing of a radiographer. | The father of a teenager who died after receiving radiation overdoses during cancer treatment plans to attend the misconduct hearing of a radiographer. |
| Lisa Norris was receiving radiation therapy for a brain tumour when she was given 19 overdoses. | Lisa Norris was receiving radiation therapy for a brain tumour when she was given 19 overdoses. |
| Dr Stuart McNee, a radiographer at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow, will appear before the Health Professions Council in Edinburgh. | Dr Stuart McNee, a radiographer at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow, will appear before the Health Professions Council in Edinburgh. |
| Lisa Norris was 16 when she died at her home in Ayrshire in October 2006. | Lisa Norris was 16 when she died at her home in Ayrshire in October 2006. |
| A post-mortem examination found her death was caused by a brain tumour. | A post-mortem examination found her death was caused by a brain tumour. |
| Lisa was initially diagnosed with the tumour in October 2005, and was given radiation 58% higher than prescribed in January 2006, which left her with burns on her head and neck. | Lisa was initially diagnosed with the tumour in October 2005, and was given radiation 58% higher than prescribed in January 2006, which left her with burns on her head and neck. |
| She is not formally named in Dr McNee's case, but her father Ken has confirmed he would be attending. | She is not formally named in Dr McNee's case, but her father Ken has confirmed he would be attending. |
| The allegation is that he failed to ensure that standard operating procedures were up-to-date and were followed during the radiotherapy treatment of "Patient A" between 15 December 2005 and 1 February 2006. | |
| He is also accused of failing to ensure adequate supervision of trainees and of failing to get the treatment plan independently verified by another competent member of staff. |