Nineteen NHS patients have had the outcome of their cataract surgery reviewed after at least two had problems with their eyes following operations at a private hospital.
The private provider concerned has offered its “sincere apologies to all patients that suffered complications” from their operations – an incident that will intensify the political debate over outsourcing NHS services.
The problems arising from a new contract between NHS and private hospitals in south Devon came just weeks after it emerged that dozens of people who underwent similar procedures at a private provider in Somerset in May had suffered complications following their operations.
Full story in The Guardian, 1 September 2014
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