Rising number of foreign objects found in patients after surgery in England

In what NHS calls never events', items including swabs, blades and drill bits left in patients 291 times in England in 2021-22

A rising number of medical foreign objects, including wire cutters, scalpel blades and drill bits, have been left inside hospital patients after surgery in England, new figures reveal.

Blunders involving a foreign object accidentally left in body during surgical and medical care" led to 291 finished consultant episodes" in 2021-2022, official data shows.