Kettering Hospital patient data 'flawed for nine years'

Kettering Hospital patient data 'flawed for nine years' A hospital may have lost track of its patients for almost a decade, according to a report obtained by the BBC.

It was commissioned after Kettering General Hospital admitted "anomalies" with its waiting lists data.

The report said patient safety was seriously jeopardised and cost-cutting contributed to the problem.

A whistleblower claimed patients were removed from lists to help meet national targets, but investigators found no evidence of fraud.

In May, the BBC reported allegations by David Phelan, who was also a trust governor at the time, that data had been "fiddled" .

A hospital review found that 138 patients were harmed - including one who had substantial sight loss - as a result of the long waits.

The hospital admitted using "inappropriate filtering" of its data to remove patients but denied it was a deliberate attempt at making figures look better to avoid fines. BBC Northampton