Lack of doctors not to blame for higher weekend hospital deaths, landmark study shows

Lack of doctors not to blame for higher weekend hospital deaths, landmark study shows A lack of GP services and poor community healthcare could be behind higher death rates among hospital patients admitted at the weekend, according to a landmark study.

Until now, blame for higher mortality among weekend patients has been placed on a lack of senior doctors on duty in hospitals. The Independent

See also: 

• Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to improve outcomes for patients undergoing emergency hospital admission: the HiSLAC two-phase mixed-methods study National Institute for Health Research