Great Ormond Street Hospital: Patient Recall Findings within the Lower Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Service, part of the Orthopaedic Surgery Department (29 January 2026)

Summary

In 2022 concerns were raised about the practice of a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mr Yaser Jabbar, who worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 2017 to 2022. The Trust commissioned the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) to review both his work and the broader Orthopaedic Service. The RCS recommended a detailed review of approximately 200 of Mr Jabbar’s patients. The Trust expanded this to include all patients he had seen, initiating a full recall of 721 individuals in February 2024.

This review found 98 patients (12.4%) experienced some level of harm, and 94 of these cases were linked to specifically the care provided by Mr Jabbar. Harm gradings ranged from mild, such as an unnecessary general anaesthetic, to severe gradings for situations like delayed diagnosis of complications or surgery that did not achieve the intended outcome.