Surgical never events 'completely unacceptable'

By Sarah Calkin2013-12-13T11:31:00

NHS England’s patient safety director has said there is no excuse for surgical never events after it was revealed 85 trusts reported incidents such as wrong site surgery in the first half of 2013-14.

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