‘We Left Shocked that Our Baby Would Need Surgery on Both Hips – I Felt Pressure Being Put on Me to Agree’

‘We left shocked that our baby would need surgery on both hips – I felt pressure being put on me to agree’

A Dublin mother whose daughter underwent hip surgery at Temple Street children’s hospital over six years ago has said her family has been “left in the dark” amid concerns their child’s operation could have been carried out unnecessarily.

Screening to help babies avoid hip dysplasia surgery still not in place, eight years on

The national screening programme proposed by a HSE steering group in 2017 was not set up. Now a consultant says 'we have no idea what the national rate of late diagnosis is' as a result