The safest cities in the UK to have surgery

Never events as coined by the BBC are medical accidents so serious yet avoidable that they should never occur if the correct procedures in place. Hence ‘never events’ are likely caused by malpractice and negligence.

The NHS Trusts below each had one ‘never event’ over the last 4 years; hence these cities appear to be the safest in the UK to be operated on in.

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Berkshire West PCT
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Bolton
Brighton & Hove City PCT
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Retained foreign object post-operation
Calderdale Independent/Non NHS Providers
Cornwall Independent Treatment Centre
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Emerson's Green Treatment Centre
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Harbour Hospital
Hertfordshire PCT
Hillingdon PCT
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
Lister Surgicentre (Clinicentre Ltd)
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Middlesbrough PCT
NHS South East Essex
NHS West Essex
Norfolk PCT
North East Essex PCT
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
North West London sector
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nottinghamshire County PCT - Provider   
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust   
Nuffield Health - Exeter Hospital   
Nuffield Hospital Leeds   
Outer London North East sector   
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust   
Partnerships in Care
Pennine Care
Plymouth Independent Treatment Centre
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre
Somerset Primary Care Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust
South West Yorkshire partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Southampton City PCT (Moorgreen)
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
St Helen's & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust   
tockport NHS Foundation Trust    1
Stoke on Trent Community Health Services (NHS Stoke on Trent provider arm)   
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Manor Hospital, Oxford
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Winfield Hospital   
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust*   
University Hospitals Morcambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
West Kent PCT
Wiltshire Primary Care Trust
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust