Other hospitals warned about pediatric surgeon Yaser Jabbar

The RCS report, first leaked to The Sunday Times earlier this month, concluded that children had undergone “wrong” and “inappropriate” surgeries, with many facing life-changing conditions and suffering serious harm.

Now lawyers for the families are calling on Chelsea and Westminster, where Mr Jabbar worked before Gosh, to launch an independent review into his operations.

Charlotte Cooper, of law firm Leigh Day, which represents some of the families, told the BBC: “The review by Great Ormond Street Hospital and the large number of families involved calls into question the entirety of Mr Jabbar’s work.

“So I would certainly welcome Chelsea, Westminster and other hospitals where they might have practiced looking at their own cases and carrying out their own independent reviews.”

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital said: “We recognize that our patients and their families may have concerns about this doctor. “We are taking the necessary steps to address these concerns.”

A Gosh spokesman said the trust wanted to offer its “sincere apologies” and added: “From Monday we will be writing to all patients and their families who were part of this (RCS) review to ask if and how they would like to receive help. “We will be writing to all patients and their families who were part of this (RCS) review from Monday to ask if and how they would like to receive help. We understand that you may not want to take it.”

Gosh first asked RCS to review the pediatric orthopedic service in 2022 after learning of concerns from patient families and staff.

The hospital said that as part of its review, the RCS raised concerns about the surgeon and the wider culture within the service, prompting Gosh to begin patient reviews from April this year.

The process will take 18 months and be led by five external pediatric orthopedic surgery consultants.

Additionally, 456 cases were reviewed by a senior nurse and paediatrician and were not classified as requiring urgent intervention.

The RCS report also raised concerns that managers at the hospital had failed to take action when concerns were raised by staff about Mr Jabbar’s behaviour.

Gosh said the trust’s senior managers were only made aware of the concerns in 2022 and “despite extensive investigations” there was no record of concerns raised by staff before that. Gosh said an external RCS review was initiated within 18 days of senior executives being notified.

The RCS report also concluded that Mr Jabbar’s leg correction and lengthening surgery on a patient was “wrong and inappropriate”.

One boy – George Davison – had surgery on his club hand. After the surgery, his arm was deformed and he suffered from chronic pain.

His father, Mark Harvey, told BBC Breakfast: “He made you feel very special because he came to see us so often. And now it turns out that was just to cover up the mistakes he made. We have a lot of trust in him.” “We went to the hospital and we feel very, very disappointed.”

Mr Jabbar has not been licensed to practice medicine in the UK since January 8. He did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment.