The Telegraph can reveal that police have begun the process of interviewing witnesses among the staff, and have notified the surgeons under suspicion that they will form part of the investigation. After a series of drunken disturbances, suspicions were raised that the owner of the Astor Club, which became known globally as ‘The Bucket of Blood’, was bribing members of the town’s CID to ignore licencing hours. Responding last week in a letter sent on behalf of the trust’s chief executive, Dr George Findlay, the trust refused to acknowledge that the surgeon’s cases were being reviewed and said it was a matter for police to divulge. Last week they say the police officer reviewing the case asked Jugal’s family if it had had a response to the request. Chilcott’s treatment and the way the hospital dealt with the family is being investigated by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

The former Conservative cabinet minister Kit Malthouse told the Commons: “If dozens of children had been going missing, say, from boarding schools across the country, I have no doubt there would be a national mobilisation at the NCA and indeed the National Police Chiefs’ Council. It was quite easy for Police in 1950's Brighton to find serious criminals, too often a quick glance in the nearest mirror would do the job. The Home Office minister added: “We’ve no power to detain unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in these settings and we know some do go missing.

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To be honest we should never really be surprised by Police corruption and you kind of hear about all these stories and much worse in the news. As well as our own internal safeguards and auditing, we closely monitor national data on patient outcomes for all our services.

In a letter to the trust she expressed alarm the neurosurgeon involved was still operating on patients. It has been the privilege of my life to serve this extraordinary constituency and community, both those who voted for me, and those who did not, ever since – and to see my majority increase at each of the subsequent three General Elections.

I suppose there are bad apples in all professions and the Police are no different to others, but I suppose we like to feel that those out there who are supposed to protect us are the good guys but in reality, some of them aren’t. It was interesting to read about how the events unfolded, and how easy it was for the corrupt officers for so long. During the scandal filled trial of the Chief Constable and CID ringleaders there was perjury, violent witness intimidation with one having his premises burnt to the ground. Ridge did not get away scot-free though; the trial Judge’s comments were so damning of his professional and moral leadership that Brighton Council’s Watch Committee dismissed him from his job without pension.At this time the force consisted of a Chief Constable, two Superintendents, a night Constable, three Inspectors and twenty-four Constables. It was his allegations, and those of another consultant, Krishna Singh, who lost his post as clinical director after blowing the whistle about problems in general surgery, that prompted the police investigation. They conducted a more thorough investigation that uncovered many more inconsistencies and, at that point, they were asked to respond to formal allegations.