Clinic halts cataract surgery after errors

Cataract surgery was suspended for safety reasons at a community clinic after four patients received the wrong lenses during operations.

A review, including patient accounts of what happened, was launched at Wrekin Community Clinic in Telford, where three 'never events' were reported. Four patients received lenses that were of a slightly different power to that planned for their procedure, confirmed Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The fourth patient came forward after publicity about the cases. 'We deeply regret the errors in systems that caused this to happen and are taking a range of robust measures to ensure they are never repeated,' a trust statement said.