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A report commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and carried out by the Royal College of Surgeons, which highlights serious concerns regarding the working culture within their paediatric orthopaedic service unit, has been criticised by lawyers representing children who have developed long-term pain and injury following operations there. Over 700 cases linked to surgeon Yaser Jabbar are being reviewed, including some cases which have resulted in harm, lifelong injury and even amputation.
The report found issues at the complex lower-limb construction unit, including a lack of cohesive leadership, effective management, and direction, along with problems regarding staff confidence in raising questions or issues with surgeons. The GOSH Trust has been found by the review team to “have not been delivering a safe service for patients”.
Whilst the report was handed in to GOSH a year ago, it was only released this week to some of the reviewing families. A spokesperson for the hospital expressed their deep regret to the impacted families and stated that GOSH is completely committed to addressing concerns raised by the report. In further progress, the Royal College of Surgeons will be invited back to review the service’s progress next year.
Families who have been affected by Mr. Jabbar have raised concerns and are disappointed by the heavily redacted report, which does not provide the full answers they were hoping for, leading lawyers to call for the unredacted report to be published. Sammy, a mother of a child that was operated on by Mr. Jabbar, was shocked to hear of some of the behaviours documented in the report and expressed frustration that families are being kept in the dark about their child’s health. The lack of transparency has caused families to be in a state of agonizing dismay as their children’s wellbeing continues to hang precariously in question.
Mr. Jabbar has also worked at four other hospitals in London, including the private sector hospitals that are partnered with the NHS. Whilst there were no complaints about Mr. Jabbar’s conducting of surgery at St. John and St. Elizabeth Hospital and the Cromwell Hospital; 12 adults and six children underwent surgery that he conducted, respectively. The series of events that have occurred since the report’s release have sparked a conversation regarding transparency in the healthcare industry at all levels, with many imploring proper explanations from the hospitals and authorities involved
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