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| Spine Surgery suspended at Warrington | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 15 Oct 2017, 12:51 PM (64 Views) | |
| Alastair | 15 Oct 2017, 12:51 PM Post #1 |
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An NHS hospital has stopped performing spinal surgery after four “serious incidents,” two of which involved the death of a patient. Spinal operations will not resume at Warrington and Halton hospitals NHS foundation trust in Cheshire until an external investigation into surgical practice has finished. “We have made the decision to temporarily suspend our spinal surgery at Warrington and Halton hospitals following the identification of four serious incidents involving spinal surgery patients over a six-month period,” said Prof Simon Constable, the trust’s medical director and deputy chief executive. “Sadly, two of these incidents were patient deaths [but] early indications suggest these were related to medical complications and not the surgery itself. These cases are now subject to the external review.” The trust and the NHS clinical commissioning groups who pay for patients to be treated there have asked the Royal College of Surgeons to undertake what Constable pledged would be “a comprehensive review of our current spinal services”. That is due to begin next month. “[The results] will help inform any appropriate actions or decisions regarding the future service provision. We understand that this may cause concern for patients on our waiting lists or being referred in to our services and we sincerely apologise for this,” Constable said. The trust carries out 1,600 spinal procedures every year. Patients affected by the loss of services will be offered appointments at other hospitals while the RCS inquiry is under way. |
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