Care of 800 orthopaedic patients is reviewed after concerns over child surgery

The treatment of around 800 patients by a now suspended consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge is to be examined by a panel of expert clinicians, after an initial review of complex hip surgery cases over the past two and a half years found that nine children had received substandard care.

The external retrospective review will be chaired by Andrew Kennedy KC, an independent barrister who represented the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the Thirlwall inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the crimes of nurse Lucy Letby.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation …