Monday 17 July 2017

Sick patients dying ‘unnecessarily’ in NHS because of poor care

Sick patients dying ‘unnecessarily’ in NHS because of poor care Inquiry finds series of major flaws, including lack of equipment, leading to ‘shocking’ death rate among those who needed emergency oxygen treatment

Some of the sickest patients that hospitals treat are dying unnecessarily because they receive poor care, blighted by shortages of staff and equipment, a new NHS inquiry has revealed.

A death rate of one in three among inpatients who need emergency help with breathing is already high by international standards, and is getting worse. Continue reading... The Guardian

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