All questions are shown as received by the Trust.
1. How many incidents of a retained foreign object post-procedure were logged by your Trust in the past five years?
By ‘retained foreign object post procedure’, I refer to retained guide wires, mouth props, surgical instruments, needles, vaginal swabs, throat packs, etc.
Please break down this information by:
a. The retained item.
b. The financial year, covering April 1st – March 31st (2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25). For the latter, please provide information from April 1st to September 30th 2024.
