Acute care

Exclusive: weekend hospital arrivals up to 16pc more likely to die - DH

By 2011-11-28T06:00:00

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Patients admitted to NHS hospitals at the weekend are up to 16 per cent more likely to die than those admitted during the week, according to research for the Department of Health.

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