A hysterectomy patient did sign a consent form before entering the operating theatre, a consultant anaesthetist told an inquiry yesterday, contrary to previous claims by the patient.

A woman who required a major blood transfusion after a hysterectomy was unable to find out from her doctor whether he had removed her ovaries, a inquiry heard yesterday.

A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist was “quite rude” to a patient when she questioned him after he performed a hysterectomy on her, an inquiry heard yesterday.