James Elwood

James Stanley Elwood (born 1922) is a retired British pathologist who was responsible for 222 cancer misdiagnoses between 1995 and 2000.^[1][2][3] During the period concerned he was practising as a locum at four NHS trusts: the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, the Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, the Mid-Sussex NHS Trust and the Frimley Park Hospitals NHS Trust. He also worked in Tralee.^{[citation needed]}

Among the patients who received faulty diagnoses was archaeologist Carenza Lewis, who later spoke publicly about the consequences of the resulting unnecessary surgery.^[4] Elwood was not subject to any disciplinary procedures, having removed his name from the British medical register. He initially refused to co-operate with the investigation of his misdiagnoses by not divulging the details of his medical career.^[5]

Elwood graduated with bachelor's degrees in medicine and surgery from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1943.^[5]

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