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Drill bits and scalpels left inside NHS patients, data shows

There have been nearly 100 cases of a foreign object – including drill bits – left inside NHS patients by mistake, according to a new analysis. Some 407 “Never Events” – things so serious they should never happen – were recorded in the NHS in ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Hospital investigation opened after forceps left inside surgical patient

A hospital is investigating after forceps were left inside a patient after surgery. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised and said the incident at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital, and first reported by the BBC, was ...

23 Dec 2022 at 14:01

Record number of ‘foreign objects’ being left inside patients

Hospitals have logged a record number of “episodes” of people needing help after a surgical tool has been left inside them following an operation or procedure, according to new data analysis. Blunders involving a “foreign object ...

04 Jan 2023 at 00:01

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