The growing number of allegedly suspicious deaths, up from an initial total of 40, has forced Sussex police to ask the Home Office for extra resources in dealing with its expanding inquiry into University Hospitals Sussex (UHS), known as Operation Bramber.
A source close to the investigation said: “The number of deaths the police are looking at has increased to 90, which is why they are struggling to cope and have asked the Home Office for extra help.”.
Katie Urch, UHS’s chief medical officer, said the trust’s surgeons were “highly skilled clinicians who are trained and qualified to perform complex, life-saving procedures every day”.
It is examining allegations of medical negligence and cover-up in the general surgery and neurosurgery departments of Brighton’s Royal Sussex County hospital, part of UHS, between 2015 and 2021.
There are also growing internal concerns within the trust about surgeons who continue to operate at the hospital, despite their alleged negligence being reviewed by police.
