Never events are incidents classified by NHS managers as so serious they should never happen, and reviews are carried out, reports the Liverpool Echo. The incidents have happened over the last two years and the children's hospital says no patients came to harm. Investigations include a teenage boy, 15, who had the wrong tooth removed, an operation on the wrong eye, a swab being left inside a patient and an incorrect implant being inserted into a patient. "The Trust also plan to work with Imperial College London on a peer review and bespoke human factors training to include simulation training and coaching. And that the outcome from the investigation were "shared with the family" and also the "members of staff" at the hospital.

Source: Daily Mirror September 27, 2020 21:02 UTC