Midlands hospital investigating forceps left inside patient after surgery

Blunder became apparent after seven-hour abdominal procedure at Alexandra hospital in Redditch

A hospital is investigating how a pair of metal surgical forceps were left inside a patient after they had been stitched up following abdominal surgery.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust has apologised unreservedly and said the incident at Redditch's Alexandra hospital was exceptionally rare".