Great Ormond Street apologises after children suffered ‘severe harm’ under surgeon

An investigation found Great Ormond Street Hospital’s orthopaedic surgery department to be ‘dysfunctional’. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

A leading NHS children’s hospital is reviewing the care 721 patients received after an investigation found that children treated by one of its surgeons came to “severe harm” during limb reconstruction operations.

Great Ormond Street hospital (Gosh) in London has offered its “sincere apologies” to children who have suffered what the Sunday Times reported was in some cases lifelong damage.