A SHAMED doctor barred from working after a breast cancer scandal has withdrawn an appeal against his ban.

Dr Amjad Husien was banned for a year after a hearing was told how he wrongly gave 22 women the all clear at Trafford General Hospital between 2003 and 2005.

Dr Husien, 53, of Didsbury, who later quit his post with the hospital, lodged a High Court appeal against the decision by the General Medical Council.

The case was due to be heard yesterday but it has now been revealed that he pulled the appeal last week.

Dr Husien had been suspended on his full £75,000 salary for three years and in March, after a two-week hearing, the GMC banned him for a year.

Last month, he went to court to try to prevent hospital bosses from stopping his pay but he resigned after Trafford Healthcare Trust managers said they had no confidence in him.

Pensioner Ruth Callaghan is among 17 women whose treatment for breast cancer was delayed because Dr Husien failed to diagnose her.

She said: "It's very good news the appeal is not going ahead. I don't think anyone who has heard about what he did would want to see him practise again."

Almost 200 women treated at Trafford and North Manchester General had to be re-tested after problems emerged three years ago. One woman has since died.

Dr Husien admitted at the GMC hearing that his performance had been below par but told the High Court that just because his practise had been unacceptable it did not mean it would in the future.

Manchester Central MP Tony Lloyd said: "In a case like this it is not a matter of being vindictive but the truth is that the standards of medical care put people's lives at very, very serious risk."