Local Democracy Reporter covering Shropshire.
A patient who had surgery at one of Shropshire’s acute hospitals has received an apology after the procedure was performed on the wrong part of the body.An investigation has been launched by the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust into the circumstances of the incident, which has been classed as a ‘never event’ – the name given to incidents that are considered so serious they should never happen.
The report added that the patient was “a little anxious but understood that lesions did need to be removed”, and plans were made for a further procedure to remove the correct lesion. The report also details the 11 serious incident investigations that were concluded in July and the eight that were closed in August.
The report said: “Each case has undergone an individual serious incident investigation, in addition to a thematic review of the themes and trends across all of the reported cases.In one case, the report said: “There were occasions when the vital sign observations were late and the PEWS score was incorrectly calculated which impacted on the required frequency of observation and possible earlier intervention.
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