Hunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery

By Sarah Calkin2012-10-30T09:00:00

A number of hospital trusts have been criticised for failing to use the WHO safe surgery checklist

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a taskforce to improve safety of surgery after it emerged more than 80 per cent of never events during 2011-12 occurred in operating theatres.

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