Month: April 2026

Operating instruments on a medical trey

Health board apologises after 21 patients treated with non-sterile instruments at Royal Gwent Hospital

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has issued a public apology after 21 patients at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport were subjected to operations and examinations using surgical instruments that had not been fully sterilised on 25 and 26 February 2026.

Neonatal investigation

Baroness Amos’ Neonatal and Maternity Investigation

On 26 February 2026, Baroness Amos published her Interim Report as Chair of the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.