<p><br /> Death rates at 19 NHS hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to an influential report.<br /> </p><p><br /> Two of these trusts - Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - as well as two others also recorded a high number of deaths after surgery, the Dr Foster Hospital Guide found.<br /> </p><p><br /> The measures are intended to act as a "smoke alarm" for where problems with care might exist.<br /> </p><p><br /> Trusts also reported 56 incidents of "wrong site" surgery and 150 "foreign objects" left inside patients after an operation.<br /> </p><p><br /> Researchers said many trusts were not accurately recording incidents of harm to patients, making it harder to prevent similar occurrences in the future.<br /> </p><p><br /> Roger Taylor, director of research at Dr Foster said: ""Blood clots kill more people than superbugs every year - and yet the reporting of blood clots is just not always sufficient to identify and address the problem."<br /> </p>
