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🔮 Chris Nordstrom, an A&E consultant at Northwick Park Hospital, north-west London, told the Press Association: “Thankfully, incidents of this kind are relatively uncommon but, when they do occur, our priority is to provide safe, compassionate and non-judgmental care. “We would always encourage anyone experiencing difficulties to seek medical attention promptly rather than risk further injury.”

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · TV remotes and Lego among ‘foreign objects’ hospitals removed from bottoms

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A&E Lewisham London Urgent Care the Press Association

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the Press Association ORG · 3× London GPE · 2× A&E ORG · 1× Berkshire GPE · 1× Chris Nordstrom PERSON · 1× Greenwich GPE · 1× Lewisham GPE · 1× NHS England ORG · 1× Northwick Park Hospital ORG · 1× Urgent Care ORG · 1×

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Chris Nordstrom, an A&E consultant at Northwick Park Hospital, north-west London, told the Press Association: “Thankfully, incidents of this kind are relatively uncommon but, when they do occur, our priority is to provide safe, compassionate and non-judgmental care. “We would always encourage anyone experiencing difficulties to seek medical attention promptly rather than risk further injury.”

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-17

2026-10-17 · Evening Standard

TV remotes and Lego among ‘foreign objects’ hospitals removed from bottoms · assertive framing

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The items were disclosed after more than 100 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests were sent by the Press Association to hospital trusts nationwide, requesting data on “rectal foreign bodies” from A&E and Urgent Care departments since 2022. asserted

requests → disclose → 2022

Medical staff at hospitals in Lewisham and Greenwich, south London, had to remove Lego bricks in balloons, beer and shampoo bottles, a toothbrush and a door handle from patients’ rectums. asserted

staff → have → rectums

In Berkshire, hospitals removed a Nerf bullet, boiled egg, Coke can, potato and both a deodorant bottle and toilet brush handle in one go. asserted

hospitals → remove → go

Edible objects included cucumbers, courgettes, grapes, and an apple. asserted

objects → include → cucumbers

Among some of the other items people needed help removing were TV remotes, children’s toys, a cocktail stirrer and a bank card. asserted

remotes → need → help

Metal screws, tweezers, razor blades, a knitting needle, knives, paper clips and a screwdriver also made the list, as did a snow globe, branch, candle, Kinder egg, parsnip and wallpaper scraper. asserted

globe → make → list

Data analysed by the Press Association showed that in 2022 more than 1,500 people attended A&E for a “foreign body in rectum”. asserted

people → analyse → rectum

We → tell → injury

Of the 106 hospital trusts who received the FOI request, only 11 responded with an itemised list, because some did not hold the information or cited cost as an exemption. asserted

some → receive → exemption

NHS England have been approached for comment. asserted

England → approach → comment

TV remotes and Lego among ‘foreign objects’ hospitals removed from bottoms

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