Hip fracture care too slow in some hospitals, study says

Hip fracture care too slow in some hospitals, study says There are big differences in how well patients with hip fractures are cared for by hospitals in England and Wales, a Bristol University study says.

In some hospitals one in 10 people died within a month of surgery - more than three times worse than in the best.

Getting patients into theatre quickly and out of bed the next day for physio are key ways to improve care.

People should receive the same, high-quality care wherever they live, the researchers said. BBC News

See also:

• Multiple hospital organisational factors are associated with adverse patient outcomes post-hip fracture in England and Wales: the REDUCE record-linkage cohort study (open access) Age and Ageing
• Recovery from a hip fracture varies widely among NHS hospitals, study finds University of Bristol
• Hip patients in deadly postcode lottery for care which leaves some twice as likely to die The Daily Mail
• Hip fracture patients more than twice as likely to die at some hospitals The Daily Telegraph
• Hip fracture recovery ‘varies between hospitals’ – study The Independent