Ciara Kelly: The hip surgery audit will have severely damaged the faith families had in their doctors. It’s not an issue to score political points with

Ciara Kelly: The hip surgery audit will have severely damaged the faith families had in their doctors. It’s not an issue to score political points with

There’s much to unpick in the report on the hip surgery audit at Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals. But what we do know is that a different and lower threshold for surgery was used in these hospitals, on children with hip issues compared to that applied in Crumlin Hospital. So, children with lesser problems, that might’ve resolved without surgery, were operated on. This is what resulted in the finding that as many as 60pc of surgeries in Templ…