Cheshire hospital stops spinal surgery after 'serious incidents'

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 suspected our spinal surgery at Warrington and Halton hospitals following the identification of four serious incidents involving spinal sur