The legal team at Hudgell Solicitors has called for a public inquiry into the actions of suspended paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Kuldeep Stohr. 

There should be a statutory public inquiry into Addenbrooke’s Hospital patient safety failings, according to the legal team at Hudgell Solicitors, which has written to health secretary Wes Streeting. 

“On behalf of our clients, we are writing to strongly urge you to call a judge-led statutory inquiry into Addenbrooke’s Hospital’s management of Ms Stohr and its failure to protect patients from potential harm,” Elizabeth Maliakal and Maria Repanos, the heads of clinical negligence in Hull and Manchester, wrote in the letter seen by Healthcare Today. 

“The patients and families of those treated and operated on by Ms Stohr are entitled to know what happened, why it happened, who is to blame and – most importantly – what can be done to prevent this happening again,” the letter continues. 

The firm has been in touch with 50 of the 800 patients treated by Addenbrooke’s Hospital’s paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Kuldeep Stohr. 

Stohr was suspended in January after having her practice restricted by the Trust last October, when colleagues at the hospital raised concerns, as Healthcare Today reported.

The first concerns date back as far as ten years, and at the beginning of April, the external inquiry into issues with hip operations performed on children at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge concluded. 

Restrictions placed

In November, she had restrictions placed on her by the General Medical Council (GMC) for 18 months.

At an interim orders tribunal (IOT) hearing, it was ruled that to return to performing surgery, Stohr must be appointed a dedicated clinical supervisor by a responsible officer, such as a senior clinician who monitors and evaluates the fitness to practice of doctors connected to that organisation, and be closely supervised.

She must not conduct a pelvic osteotomy, femoral osteotomy or any surgery related to developmental dysplasia of the hip unless directly supervised, except in life-threatening emergencies.

She is also required to maintain a log detailing every such surgery she is involved in, which her supervisor must sign.

A copy of this log will be given to tribunal members at her next IOT review, the date of which is still to be determined, alongside a report from her clinical supervisor.

Missed opportunities

Stohr previously worked at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Specialist investigations company Verita looked into the surgeon’s actions in 2015, and the findings of that investigation were what Hudgell Solicitors called “damning”. 

The Verita report, published in October 2025, identified how the trust failed to act upon the 2016 review findings and highlighted that none of the remedial steps suggested had been acted upon.

“The report was damning of the trust’s management of Ms Stohr’s practice, indicating that it had failed to properly reflect upon the 2016 review findings and ensure that it was understood,” the letter from Hudgell Solicitors said. 

“It said the trust miscommunicated the report to Ms Stohr and the colleague who raised initial concerns about her practice, together with the wider staff group within the paediatric orthopaedic department,” it continued. 

The Verita report concludes that there were 32 missed opportunities to address the shortcomings in Stohr’s practice between 2012 and 2024.