Balanced News: Six-inch metal forceps left inside patient after operation in so-called ‘never event’

A hospital is investigating after forceps were left inside a patient after surgery. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised and said the incident at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital, and first reported by the BBC, was “exceptionally rare”. Trust chief executive Matthew Hopkins said: “We are aware of an incident which involved a surgical instrument being left inside a patient following surgery.