UK expert commissioned by HSE to review service begins work, despite boycott by some advocacy groups
The consultant who carried out the orthopaedic surgeries at Temple Street has stopped operating on children and has been referred to the Medical Council. Photograph: Conor Ó Mearáin/Collins Photo Agencyin September when a review revealed poor outcomes for complex spinal surgery, including a high level of post-operative complications and infections, and two “particularly serious surgical incidents” last year.
Asked whether the Government intended to hold a statutory inquiry into the issue, Mr Varadkar’s department said the reviews under way at Temple Street “are understandably a cause of great anxiety for patients and families attending these services”. He said: “While not ruling out the possibility, it is not intended to hold a statutory inquiry at this time.”
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