Great Ormond Street: Families criticise redacted surgeon report

Great Ormond Street: Families criticise redacted surgeon report

Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers representing children who developed long-term pain and injury after operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital have criticised a heavily redacted report carried out for the trust. More than 700 cases linked to the surgeon Yaser Jabbar are being reviewed including some involving leg lengthening and straightening. Some of the … Read more

Five hospitals linked to disgraced Great Ormond Street surgeon

Five hospitals linked to disgraced Great Ormond Street surgeon

Getty Images Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals An investigation into disgraced bone surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar has been widened to cover five London hospitals, as 721 patients’ care is being reviewed. His work at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital and Cromwell Hospital, both private, is now being … Read more

Great Ormond Street reviews 700 children treated by ex-surgeon

Great Ormond Street reviews 700 children treated by ex-surgeon

EPA Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals Great Ormond Street Hospital is overseeing an urgent review of the cases of more than 700 patients after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons. The hospital said 22 children in 39 cases looked at so far had come to … Read more

Great Ormond Street Hospital investigates ‘faulty’ surgical glue

Great Ormond Street Hospital investigates ‘faulty’ surgical glue

According to a report to a Great Ormond Street Hospital public board meeting on 29 September, titled “Faulty batch of Histoacryl glue potentially impacting patient treatment outcomes”, the adhesive has been used for more than 30 years in the endovascular treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations – a tangle of blood vessels with abnormal connections between … Read more