

Thursday 19:00–19:30BBC Two 102
Breast Cancer Scandal: Exposing the Harm
News & Factual30 minHDS
BBC Health correspondent Sharon Barbour investigates a deepening breast cancer scandal in County Durham. Women describe feeling 'mutilated' after discovering mastectomies they were told they needed were in fact unnecessary. As hundreds of cases of patient harm emerge, Sharon challenges the new hospital boss: why were women subjected to life-changing surgery they did not need, and were warnings ignored?