Fieldfisher represents families in claims against Yaser Jabbar, orthopaedic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Recent investigations have uncovered that hundreds of children apparently underwent unnecessary surgery recommended by Mr Yaser Jabber, some of which have led to preventable amputations.
Many of these surgeries provided no significant medical benefits to the patients. It also appears that families were not adequately informed about the associated risks.
Claims against surgeon Yaser Jabbar
Our medical negligence solicitors have many years' experience running legal claims involving negligent surgery, particularly involving children.
We are highly skilled in winning difficult child medical negligence cases and in guiding you through the legal system to ensure that you receive sufficient compensation to meet your child's needs for life.
Caron Heyes, Mark Bowman and Will Jones are instructed to investigate compensation claims against the Great Ormond Street Hospital lower limb reconstruction team, including orthopaedic surgeon Yaser Jabbar, whose practice is currently under review.
As our clients are all receiving ongoing treatment, their prognosis is unclear, but, like many others, some are being told the damage is significant and may result in amputation.
Some have had treatment that included a type of fixing screw during leg lengthening procedures, use of which in the UK was completely suspended for paediatric surgery in 2020 by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority. Some children have been left with worse problems than they started with.
Mr Jabbar was a consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at GOSH from 2017 until October 2022 and was part of their lower limb reconstruction team. He also worked privately at the Portland Hospital in London. The care of 721 patients from GOSH is currently under review.
His work at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital, and Cromwell Hospital, (an HCA Healthcare UK hospital) both private, is now also being investigated, as well as at the NHS Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
A damning report into the whole department at the GSOH by the Royal College of Surgeons, due to be published, concludes children had 'incorrect' and 'unsuitable' orthopaedic surgery under Mr Jabbar's care at GOSH.
Read by our solicitors, the report reveals long standing concerns about the leadership and management of the orthopaedic team at GOSH and unsafe procedures and aftercare.
It also appears that the report will highlight failures by GOSH's leadership which ignored or downplayed concerns from staff, allowing Mr Jabbar’s harmful practices to continue for years, causing injury to many of his of young and vulnerable patients.
Potential reasons for a claim could include:
- Unnecessary surgery performed without clear medical justification, where the child did not benefit.
- Avoidable amputations that could have been prevented with appropriate or alternative treatment.
- Failure to obtain clear consent, where families were not adequately informed about the risks of surgery or did not give informed consent.
- Failure to warn families of possible complications or the long-term impact of surgery.
How to make a medical negligence claims against Great Ormond Street Hospital
If you believe your child has suffered harm due to treatment by Yaser Jabbar, please contact our specialist medical negligence solicitors, expert in running such claims for compensation. Any such contact will be treated confidentially and with sensitivity and respect.
In cases involving children, the three-year legal time limit in which to make a claim is generally extended to 3 years after their 18th birthday.
Our medical negligence solicitors specialise in running these types of claims and are expert at collecting and reviewing medical records and instructing medical experts to review each individual case. Each claim involves in-depth investigation and the time to assess the current and future needs of each individual child.
What Fieldfisher offers is exceptional client care and the necessary skills to fully investigate complicated claims.
How Fieldfisher can help?
Our medical negligence team are specialists in medical negligence legal claims. We have many years of experience pursuing these types of claims, and we have the knowledge and expertise to ensure you receive the best compensation possible.
Once instructed, we will request all your child's medical records and other information connected to your claim. We have valuable connections with medical experts and case managers to get in place quickly medical treatment and rehabilitation to ensure your child makes their best recovery.
If you would like to pursue a surgical negligence claim on behalf of your child, please contact our team. We are one of the UK's leading personal injury and medical negligence law firms, recognised as leaders in our field.
We will advise and support you throughout the claims process, ensuring you receive the best possible outcome.
How much will it cost me to make a claim?
At Fieldfisher we work on a no win, no fee basis, which means if your case is successful, the defendant also pays your legal costs. If for any reason your case is unsuccessful, under a no win no fee agreement we would not charge for our fees and any expenses are covered by insurance which is usually obtained.
Contact us
For further information about medical negligence against ex-surgeon Yaser Jabbar please call Caron Heyes on 03304606743 or email caron.heyes@fieldfisher.com or call Mark Bowman on 0330 460 6794 or email mark.bowman@fieldfisher.com or call Will Jones on 0330 460 6822 or email will.jones@fieldfisher.com.
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