The parents of a little boy who had an experimental implant inserted during spinal surgery in Temple Street Children’s ...

Inspectors wanted to find out how and why springs made from non-alloyed spring steel instead of medical grade stainless steel were used in three children’s surgeries. They interviewed a surgeon ...

The surgeries carried out to treat scoliosis between 2020 and 2022 involved non-alloyed spring steel which should not be used in surgeries and can corrode. Hiqa found a lack of proper oversight ...