Stafford breast surgeons reply to BMJ news article.

The title of Dyer’s news story “Breast surgeons are referred to GMC for refusing to take part in a review of their unit” is factually incorrect.1 We, the breast surgeons in Stafford, have never refused a review of our unit. On the contrary, we were the first to recommend and fully support a broadly based review. The unsatisfactory Cancer Peer Review report was related to the repeated problems in appointing a lead clinician and the uploading of incorrect information by management. The breast unit had no lead clinician for several months. This was followed by the appointment …