CHI spinal surgery review still incomplete three years after concerns were raised

The review was announced in September 2023, due to concerns over spinal surgery in CHI at Temple St under one surgeon. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

A review into the work of a spinal care surgeon at Children's Health Ireland (CHI), which began in September 2023, is still not complete — even though it was only meant to take one year.

It has also emerged a wider lookback at the surgeon’s work, announced in February this year, is only at preparation stages over six months later.