Wrong operations and surgical tools left inside patients among 403 NHS blunders

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(PA)Hundreds of NHS patients suffered serious, preventable harm, with 403 "never events" recorded in the past year up to March, highlighting critical failures within the health service. A significant proportion of these incidents, 166 in total, involved wrong site surgery, including 17 cases where a procedure intended for one patient was performed on another, and 40 instances of treatment administered to the incorrect side or body part. Overall, 121 of the never events related to foreign objects being left in patients after procedures or surgery, such as 26 guide wires, 21 surgical swabs, and 22 surgical instruments. Some 50 never events involved the wrong implant or prosthesis, including for hips, knees, and eye lenses, alongside 17 cases of medication administered by the wrong route, with 15 instances of oral medication given intravenously. Further serious errors included 14 patients suffering an overdose of insulin, nine patients being given the wrong blood type, and other incidents such as falls from poorly restricted windows and patients connected to air rather than oxygen. In fullBody part removed in one of hundreds of NHS mistakes, data revealsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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