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| The fact that the numbers are ‘statistically small’ is NOT comforting |
| Katherine Murphy, CE of the Patients Association (PA), has responded to statistics lifted from NHS England data, which reportedly found that over 1,100 patients have suffered from very serious hospital errors over the past 4 years. The figures seen by the PA suggest that the ‘never events’ - mistakes so serious they should never happen - included more than 400 people who suffered due to ‘wrong site surgery’, and more than 420 have also had ‘foreign objects’ left inside them after operations (including gauzes, swabs, drill guides, scalpel blades & needles). |
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Patients Association calls for ‘Never’ incidents to cease Patient safety incident reporting continues to improve Yet again we find the NHS cannot investigate itself Achieving the best outcomes for the NHS requires ‘highlighting the worst’ NICE Evidence Search | never events - NHS Evidence Search Never Events - Patient Safety Federation Revised policy on never events & serious incidents - NHS Cover-ups in ‘bad practice’ lead to repeated mistakes in NHS treatments We should reward those who speak up and reprimand those that ‘hide’ issues |
