Record number of 'foreign objects' being left inside British patients

In a 2008 incident, a nut from the device inserted into her spine during surgery following a car accident, was accidentally dropped and left in this woman. — Filepic

British hospitals have logged a record number of "episodes” of people needing help after a surgical tool has been left inside them following an operation or procedure, according to new data analysis.

Blunders involving a "foreign object accidentally left in body during surgical and medical care” led to a record 291 "finished consultant episodes” (FCEs) in 2021/22.