Hospitals have doubled their spending on equipment for obese patients, new figures revealed by the Liberal Democrats have shown. Hospitals spent an average of£60,000 on measures to treat obese patients this year compared with£30,000 spent three years ago. This included specialist equipment such as beds and chairs as well as increasing staffing and undertaking pre-operative assessments. The number of obese adult patients admitted to hospital rose by over 45 per cent in the last four years.
An “integrated care provider” of a range of services including core general practice is due to be established in a major new housing development.
The government has failed to publish its requirements of the NHS by the deadline set in law for the first time.
Publication of nurse staffing levels at each hospital in England – introduced after the Francis Inquiry to boost safety – has been quietly dropped, HSJ can reveal.
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