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Father attends radiation hearing Misconduct over radiation error
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The father of a teenager who died after receiving overdoses of radiation is to attend a misconduct hearing involving a professional who planned her treatment. Charges against a clinical scientist involved in the treatment of teenage cancer patient Lisa Norris have been found proven at a misconduct hearing.
Lisa Norris was receiving radiation therapy for a brain tumour when she was given 19 overdoses. Dr Stuart McNee, a clinical scientist at Glasgow's Beatson Oncology Centre, appeared before the Health Professions Council in Edinburgh on Friday.
Dr Stuart McNee, a clinical scientist 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. She was mistakenly given 19 overdoses of radiation while receiving treatment for a brain tumour.
A post-mortem examination found her death was caused by the 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.
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.