Catalogue of errors in Scotland’s hospitals

Incorrect strength of lens inserted during cataract surgery (three instances).

NHS FIFE

Incorrect size of lens inserted (eye).

NHS FORTH VALLEY

Left eye treated (three times over three months) instead of right for sight loss.

NHS FIFE

Right shoulder injected with anaesthetic instead of left.

NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN

Surgery on incorrect part of spine. NHS TAYSIDE

Injection into right side of spine rather than left.

NHS FORTH VALLEY

‘Wrong site’ surgery (detail withheld). NHS TAYSIDE

‘Inappropriate’ surgery (detail withheld). NHS TAYSIDE

‘Wrong part of patient treated’ (detail withheld). NHS TAYSIDE

Tooth, skin lesion, hernia, spine – body parts affected in various cases (detail withheld).

NHS LOTHIAN

Wrong lesion removed (face). NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN Wrong tooth treated.

NHS TAYSIDE

Wrong tooth extracted.

NHS TAYSIDE

Wrong molar (milk tooth) extracted instead of permanent molar.

NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN

Biopsy taken from wrong place (cheek).

NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN

Sigmoidoscopy (examination of colon via flexible tube inserted in anus) instead of colonoscopy (examination of large intestine). NHS FIFE

Gastroscopy (examination of stomach via flexible tube inserted in mouth) instead of colonoscopy (examination of large intestine via flexible tube inserted into anus). NHS FIFE

Wrong side of ingrown toenail operated on. NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN