Jeremy Hunt’s seven day working targets ‘not linked’ to fewer weekend deaths, says study NHS standards intended to ensure senior clinicians and staff responsible for urgent tests are available at weekends have no link to reduced death rates, a study has found.
Researchers evaluated 123 NHS trusts on the seven-day working standards but found no link between performance and differences in outcomes of patients admitted at the weekend or mid-week – the so-called weekend effect.
The findings cast more doubt over the evidence base used by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to force through a "seven-day working" contract that led to the first all-out doctors strike in NHS history. The Independent
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Researchers evaluated 123 NHS trusts on the seven-day working standards but found no link between performance and differences in outcomes of patients admitted at the weekend or mid-week – the so-called weekend effect.
The findings cast more doubt over the evidence base used by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to force through a "seven-day working" contract that led to the first all-out doctors strike in NHS history. The Independent
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