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Hospital chiefs in Sheffield have said sorry after NHS figures revealed objects have been left inside patients three times so far this year.
The blunders happened between April and September, and were included by NHS England in a list of hospital trusts? very serious incidents, or ?never events? ? regarded by the Government as so severe they should never happen.
One of the incidents involved a medical swab left inside a patient following a procedure. It has not been confirmed what the remaining two objects were.
Dr David Throssell, medical director at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: ?We treat over one million patients every year and our priority is always to provide safe, high quality care.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/health/local-health/sheffield-hospits-apology-over-errors-1-6317431
The blunders happened between April and September, and were included by NHS England in a list of hospital trusts? very serious incidents, or ?never events? ? regarded by the Government as so severe they should never happen.
One of the incidents involved a medical swab left inside a patient following a procedure. It has not been confirmed what the remaining two objects were.
Dr David Throssell, medical director at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: ?We treat over one million patients every year and our priority is always to provide safe, high quality care.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/health/local-health/sheffield-hospits-apology-over-errors-1-6317431