Hospital investigation after operation on wrong eye and swab left inside patient

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Seven "never events" have taken place at the Alder Hey Children's Hospital which are now being investigated externally. 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 Association for Perioperative Practitioners, a body set up to improve safety and quality in operating theatres, will be reviewing the cases.