Hospital in Cambridge reviewing cases of 800 patients operated on by paediatric surgeon

Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge is reviewing the cases of 800 patients who were operated on by a now-suspended paediatric surgeon.

The hospital has also admitted that concerns were first raised about the individual in 2015, which led to a clinical review of the surgeon's work the following year.

The surgeon was suspended in January following an external review, which discovered that the outcomes of nine child patients fell below the expected standard.

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