Overview
- An independent review of 789 patients treated by Yasser Jabbar concluded that between 85 and 100 children were harmed.
- Assessors recorded at least 32 cases of severe harm, 36 moderate and 18 mild, with injuries including chronic pain, deformities, permanent nerve damage, drop foot, leg-length differences up to 20cm and one amputation.
- GOSH will present the full findings to its trust board on 29 January and is issuing independent reports to each affected patient alongside an apology.
- Parents and some insiders dispute the conclusions and methodology, alleging gaps in records and a culture that failed to act on concerns.
- Jabbar stopped treating patients at GOSH in 2022 after an RCS review found some surgeries were inappropriate and incorrect, left in 2023, and later worked in Dubai before facing professional removals.