The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) released a report on Thursday into the actions of the former orthopaedic surgeon who treated hundreds of children over five years.

The review found that 98 patients (12.4%) experienced some level of harm, and 94 of these cases were linked specifically to the care provided by Mr Jabbar.

The London hospital undertook a clinical case review of 789 of Jabbar's cases after concerns were raised about his clinical practice.

Some patients were left in continuous pain or needed further corrective surgeries, the independent review found.

Harm gradings ranged from mild, such as an unnecessary general anaesthetic, to severe gradings for situations like delayed diagnosis of complications or surgery that did not achieve the intended outcome.

Some 36 children suffered severe harm because of Jabbar, who worked at the hospital between 2017 and 2022 and focused on lower limb reconstructions.

A further 39 patients suffered moderate harm and 19 patients came to mild harm, the report said.

"There were instances of premature removal of fixation devices, the combination of procedures without clear rationale, inadequate counselling on fracture risk, and an over-reliance on junior staff," the report said.

"There were some serious problems found, including poor planning before surgery, not making the area stable enough, unclear or incomplete notes, and putting implants in the wrong place.

"Other issues were making cuts in the bone at the wrong level or using the wrong method, making decisions that didn't match what was seen in the scans during surgery, problems with how frames and pins were used, and not involving the wider team when dealing with infections."

Analysis of the independent expert case reports "identified that Mr Jabbar was highly inconsistent in his approach to clinical care with recurrent deficiencies in documentation, assessment, and surgical decision-making", the report said.

James Wood, 19, from Great Yarmouth, was left in "horrifying" pain after Jabbar carried out a procedure to stretch the tissue in his knee by fixing a frame to his leg. He also carried out an Achilles tendon lengthening procedure.

Mr Wood - who was born with multiple pterygium syndrome that caused skin webbing across the joints - experienced extreme pain and swelling in his right thigh.

It was later found that one of the pins used to secure the frame had protruded into Mr Wood's thigh, causing bleeding and damage to the femoral artery when it was removed.

In another case, a leg-lengthening procedure Jabbar carried out on Vivaan Sharma, 12, to correct a shortened and bowed right leg was found to have been "incorrect and unsuitable".

Jabbar was found to have used a different frame to the one commonly used in such procedures, with the issue being too complex to resolve in a single procedure.

Though the report found Vivaan had suffered moderate harm, his parents said the treatment had impacted his independence beyond six months and caused nightmares.

"It's appalling. Our boy will be affected for life," Mr Sharma said.

In some cases, patient records were incomplete, meaning it was not possible to reach a clear conclusion.

A very small number of children came to harm for reasons not related to Mr Jabbar, such as administrative delays or issues involving other clinicians.

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GOSH chief executive Matthew Shaw apologised to affected families on Thursday, branding Jabbar's practice as "entirely unacceptable".

"We are profoundly sorry to all the patients and their families who have been affected by the care provided by Mr Jabbar," he said.

"The report we have published today sets out in full what happened, what we found in our review of patients, what we have learnt and what we have done as a consequence."

Mr Shaw said significant changes had been made at the hospital but acknowledged "this comes too late for the families affected by this issue".

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "We will review the report commissioned by GOSH and assess whether there is any requirement for police involvement."

Mr Jabbar rescinded his UK medical licence in January 2024.

He is believed to have since moved overseas.

Sky News has attempted to contact representatives for Mr Jabbar.

Leo Ross suffered fatal injuries after he was stabbed in the stomach while on a riverside path in the Hall Green area of the city in January last year.

The 15-year-old killer, who was 14 at the time of the fatal attack, cannot be named for legal reasons.

The boy also admitted two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent on 19 and 20 January 2025 and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 21 January 2025 in relation to separate attacks on other victims, as well as having a bladed article on the day he murdered Leo.

He denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 22 October 2024 and assault by beating on 29 December 2024 in relation to two other people and those charges were ordered to lie on file.

Leo was walking home from the Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy in Yardley Wood when he was stabbed in the random and unprovoked attack.

His foster family, the Westons, said his loss had impacted them "deeply and his absence is felt constantly".

Leo's birth mother, Rachel Fisher, described her son as the "sweetest, most kind-hearted boy".

She added: "My baby's life was stolen for no reason whatsoever. My life will never be the same again without him."

Subsequent police inquiries established that the murder weapon was thrown into a nearby river. The killer, riding a bike, was also found to have previously hunted down and attacked several women in local parkland.

West Midlands Police also found that the killer opted to hang around to talk to officers at the murder scene, falsely claiming he had stumbled across Leo lying fatally injured beside the River Cole.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it built a comprehensive case using witness statements, forensic evidence and detailed analysis of CCTV to track the defendant's movements, "which left him no option but to plead guilty".

CCTV placed the boy near the scene immediately before and after Leo's murder.

A knife matching the dimensions of Leo's injury was recovered near the scene and forensic examination linked it to both the murder and the defendant, and clothing seized from the boy's home also contained Leo's blood.

Senior Crown prosecutor Jonathan Roe said: "This was a senseless act of violence that has devastated a family and robbed a 12-year-old boy of his life.

"Leo Ross should have had his whole future ahead of him, and he should have been able to walk home from school without harm.

"It seems unimaginable that a 14-year-old would use a knife to intend to murder another, or seriously injure them causing their death, but that is what occurred on that day.

"The defendant's guilty plea today means Leo's loved ones have at least been spared the ordeal of a trial. Our thoughts remain with them as they continue to cope with this unimaginable loss."

Sentencing will take place at Birmingham Crown Court on 10 February, with Judge Paul Farrer KC remanding the boy into youth detention in the meantime.

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Detective Inspector Joe Davenport described it as a "heartbreaking and senseless attack".

He added: "Because of this boy's actions, Leo and his family have been robbed of the life he could have lived.

"I'd like to thank the members of the community who tried to save Leo's life, as well as the paramedics at the scene.

"Thanks to the public, who responded to our appeals for information and provided witness accounts and images, we were able to piece together the events which led to Leo's death.

"Our thoughts remain with Leo's family and we hope they can gain some closure knowing justice has been done."

Earlier this month, Nelson, 34, announced in an emotional Instagram video that her baby twins had spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1).

Speaking to Sky News' The UK Tonight programme with Sarah-Jane Mee, Nelson described how her girls were diagnosed with the condition only at six months, despite repeated visits to the GP and healthcare visitors checking in on them.

"When I took them home, I was very on edge about everything," she said.

"But the one thing I wasn't taking notice of was the movement of the legs…it took for my mum to spot that sign and that's what's really worrying because we had healthcare visitors come a lot and none of them spotted those signs."

There is treatment for SMA, but an early diagnosis is key to its effectiveness.

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Nelson said she took the twins to the GP three times because they weren't feeding properly but was told "they are absolutely fine".

"It wasn't until they got their diagnosis that they were then like we've got to keep them in because they're very underweight and they need to go on feeding tubes... and now they are still on feeding tubes.

"That just goes to show how little awareness there is about it."

Nelson continued: "Thank God for my mum because I dread to think what position I'd be in now if my mum hadn't had said anything to me...

"It's one of those things that I constantly go over and I have to sometimes stop myself from doing it because I will just like drive myself insane."

Nelson recently met with Health Secretary Wes Streeting to raise awareness about the condition and continue the conversation on SMA.

She said she won't stop talking about it on her socials or in the media as there are still a lot of people who don't know about the condition, so "I've got to stay noisy".

Watch the full interview with Jesy Nelson on Sky News' The UK Tonight from 8pm on Thursday.

It's seen as a middling power at best, one that does have some advantages to offer, particularly in the service and knowledge economies, but one that has a greatly diminished global impact, particularly in the post Brexit years.

Add to that 10 years of flip-flopping on China policy, very limited outreach and increasingly hawkish attitudes both in the British parliament and the general public, and it's hardly surprising that China didn't roll out the full five-star treatment for Sir Keir Starmer that it does with some visiting leaders.

But despite all that, there were plenty of signs that the Chinese are happy to have a British prime minister here, not least for the optics.

Much of what was said for the cameras at least was notable for its optimism, even warmth, and there's a sense the Chinese do see this as a moment of reset and smell genuine opportunity.

In terms of the specifics of deals that were done, the Chinese releases didn't include masses of detail, but there was a sense that progress was made.

They spoke about a hope for further cooperation on education, healthcare and financial services and the potential for joint research into future-reaching areas like AI, biosciences, new energy and low-carbon technology.

This looks like a win for both sides: services are the UK's most important export to China, while the country is the world leader in manufacturing green energy technologies and is on the constant hunt for expanded markets in which to sell them.

China holding firm

It is clear that some trickier things came up in the room, too, things on which China wants to control the narrative.

On Taiwan, there was a reaffirmation from the UK that its position "remains unchanged and will not change".

Taiwan is a self-governing island that China sees as its own, and officially, most countries, including the UK, do not recognise it as an independent entity - getting nations to publicly restate this is hugely important to China.

And we know Sir Keir had promised to raise the case of Jimmy Lai, the jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner. In the Chinese readout, it said simply the two had agreed "Hong Kong's prosperity and stability are in the common interest of both countries" - that's probably China speak for "it came up and we're not budging".

But perhaps the most interesting takeaways were the not-so-subtle hints dropped about the other major power at play in this dynamic - the United States.


"Unilateralism, protectionism, and power politics has been rampant" and that times are currently "turbulent and fluid".

Indeed, from the Chinese perspective, Thursday mattered not because of what was achieved but because of who was watching.

Playing the long game

The optics of the British prime minister being here, revamping this relationship, at exactly the moment that Donald Trump is seriously disrupting traditional transatlantic partnerships, is exquisite for the Chinese.

Indeed, under President Xi Jinping, China has long nurtured the narrative that it is, in fact, the world's most reliable superpower, that countries should look to it, and not the US, for stable global leadership.

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The current chaos being sown by Trump and the list of European powers knocking down China's door very much helps with that sell.

China doesn't expect sudden changes of allegiance, but they do think the whole situation brings opportunity.

In his opening remarks on Thursday, Xi quoted from a Chinese Proverb written by Chairman Mao, "range far your eyes over long vistas", the inference being that it's best to step back, consider the bigger picture and not get too distracted by short-term gains or losses.

China always plays the long and strategic game. Be in no doubt, rekindling a relationship with this middling power is part of that.

Police recorded 499 such cases in the year to September 2025, a fall of 7% on the previous 12 months, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

It is the lowest annual total since 1983, when 482 homicides were recorded.

Homicide includes offences such as murder, manslaughter and allowing the death of a child.

The ONS said the drop was largely driven by a 23% fall in the number of people killed by knives and other sharp instruments. There were 174 such deaths during the period.

The overall number of knife crime offences has also fallen by 9% to 50,430, while the number of crimes involving firearms also decreased by 9% to 4,851.

Billy Gazard, of the ONS, said: "While the crime survey paints a relatively stable picture, many aspects of violent crime and theft recorded by the police have fallen in the past 12 months.

"Homicide and gun crime are at the lowest levels seen this century, while knife crime has also decreased.

"The majority of police forces have seen knife crime fall in the past year, including the larger urban Greater Manchester, Metropolitan and West Midlands areas.

"This is supported by NHS data, which continue to show a decrease in hospital admissions for assault by a sharp object."

Figures published earlier this month by the Metropolitan Police showed homicides in London had dropped to the lowest level in more than a decade.

The Met recorded 97 homicides in the capital in 2025, down 11% from 109 in 2024, and the lowest number since 2014, when 95 homicides were recorded.

The latest ONS report shows that the number of robbery offences remained broadly similar at 82,354, however, shoplifting offences were up from 492,660 to 519,381 - an increase of 5%.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the government was "having real success tackling the crimes that terrorise communities", but added that "the crimes that tear at the fabric of communities, like shop theft and shop robbery, continue to rise and we must do more".

"That is why we are putting 13,000 more neighbourhood officers on the beat, and have invested £2 billion more in forces across the country since we took office," Ms Mahmood said.

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Her comments come following the Home Office's announcement on Monday of the biggest policing shake-up in decades.

The planned reforms include a significant cut in the number of regional police forces, the creation of a National Police Service - dubbed the "British FBI" - to tackle crimes such as terrorism and fraud, and an increase in the number of facial live recognition vans.

The government has already committed to recruiting 13,000 more neighbourhood policing officers by 2029, with 3,000 recruits expected to be in post by spring this year.