Career
During the period concerned he was practising as a locum at four National Health Service trusts: the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, the Royal United Hospital Bath National Health Service Trust, the Mid-Sussex National Health Service Trust and the Frimley Park Hospitals National Health Service Trust. He also worked in Tralee. Among the patients who received faulty diagnoses was archaeologist Carenza Lewis, who later spoke publicly about the consequences of the resulting unnecessary surgery.
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. Elwood graduated with bachelor"s degrees in medicine and surgery from the University of Belfast in 1943.
