A helpline was launched on Friday afternoon for any parents concerned their children may have been impacted. Within two hours of it going live, the chief executive of the NHS Trust said it had already received seven phone calls.

A specialist surgeon has been suspended from a world-renowned hospital after nine children under their care were left with lasting injuries. A review was commissioned at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, after concerns were raised by the surgeon's colleagues in October.

A children's orthopaedic surgeon has been suspended in Cambridge after evidence of nine surgeries that fell 'below expected standards'.

The individual was suspended after an external review found treatment provided to nine children fell below standards.

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, commissioned its own review after children under the surgeon's care were left with lasting injuries. An NHS spokesperson said the new review would build on what was already under way.