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Families of children who were treated by a former surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have criticised the independent reports into their care as inadequate and incomplete. Yaser Jabbar, who was a top surgeon, undertook a number of procedures on patients including leg lengthening and straightening. However, some of his surgeries resulted in lifelong injuries and amputations. In 2023, he was forced to leave GOSH after the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) identified that some of his operations were inappropriate and incorrect.
Following the RCS report, GOSH stated that each of Jabbar’s 723 patients would receive an independent report to assess the level of harm that they had suffered. The reviews were being conducted by specialist surgeons, who had not worked at GOSH but the reviews were based on the patient notes that were provided by the hospital. However, four families who have received the reports have claimed that their experience with the reports does not reflect the reality of their children’s experiences.
Many of the reports were said to have been concluded without any interaction or interviews with either the child or their family, leading parents to accuse GOSH of a “culture of cover-up”, with the hospital having “failed their children”, leaving them physically and mentally scarred. According to one mother: “Mr Jabbar was known for not writing up records or keeping notes correctly, but these reviews have been based on hospital notes. My daughter’s report doesn’t reflect her journey at all.” Another father claimed that the reports failed to reflect his child’s experience of physical pain and stated that when they attempted to lengthen his child’s leg, they had ended up shortening it by eight inches.
GOSH said that it wanted “every patient and family who comes to our hospital to feel safe and cared for” and explained that it commissioned an independent review of the patient care, in line with the NHS England guidelines. The hospital has expressed regret to the children of Jabbar and their families, stating that “Patient safety is our core purpose and we have a range of measures to ensure all our services are safe.” Mr Jabbar has not practiced medicine in the UK since January
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