The Cost of Trust

Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 for conducting botched and often unnecessary operations on his patients, who were predominantly women. Hannah chats to Deborah Douglas and Tracy King about their new book, The Cost of Trust: The Butcher Surgeon and the Scandal that Shamed British Medicine, their experiences of being "cared for" by Paterson and the battle to ensure it can't happen again. This episode contains some pretty graphic descriptions of surgery You can buy The Cost of Trust here: To hear the full interview, join the Patreon supporter gang here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is 31:41 long.

This episode was published on Apr 3, 2026.

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