Internal Reference Number: FOI_8238
Date Request Received: 25/10/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 30/10/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Retained Object Post-Procedure Occurrences
Request Category: Media
Question Number 1: I am making this request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. 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: • The retained item. • 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. | |
Answer To Question 1: see attached spreadsheet To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 8238.xlsx | |
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