Foundation and Activities
- OPSA was founded in 1998 by Nick Hart.
- Nick Hart traveled to Pakistan with a surgical team to carry out facial operations on young children.
- OPSA started in a small local hospital in Gujrat.
- The Cleft Hospital, a purpose-built hospital, was soon built to meet the growing demand.
- OPSA has worked out of The Cleft Hospital ever since.
- The OPSA team travels from the UK, Ireland, and Turkey twice a year to operate and teach at The Cleft Hospital in Gujrat.
- The yearly trips to Pakistan were increased to twice annually in 2008.
- OPSA teaches and trains local doctors to carry out some of the work year-round.
- Patients travel from all over Pakistan in the hope of receiving advice and treatment from the specialist UK surgical team.
- OPSA works with medical teams in Gujrat, including Dr. Ijaz Bashir.

Facts and Figures
- Cleft palate occurs in around 1 to 2 of every 1000 births around the world.
- In Pakistan, up to 10,000 babies are born each year with cleft conditions.
- The majority of babies born with cleft conditions in Pakistan cannot afford to pay for operations.
- As of the end of 2017, the OPSA team has operated on more than 3000 patients.
- Approximately 100 to 150 patients receive surgery at each OPSA camp, which lasts for 7 days.

Medical Team
- Nick Hart is the founder of OPSA and a British doctor and plastic surgeon.
- Penelope McManus is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon.
- Annette Middleton is a Yorkshire-based theatre nurse.
- Chris Hill is a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon.
- Zahid Rafique is a consultant anaesthetist at Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trusts.

Ambassadors
- Ambassadors for the charity include England & Yorkshire cricketer Adil Rashid, BBC journalist Kate Adie CBE, actresses Stephanie Cole, and Debra Stephenson.
- Trustees for the charity include Ariel Bruce.

Additional Information
- The OPSA team operates and teaches at The Cleft Hospital in Gujrat.
- The OPSA camps last for 7 days.
- The OPSA team travels from the UK, Ireland, and Turkey.
- OPSA teaches and trains local doctors to carry out some of the work year-round.
- OPSA works with medical teams in Gujrat, including Dr. Ijaz Bashir.