Length of stay for hip replacement patients varies by up to three weeks between different parts of England, research from Dr Foster Intelligence shows.
The shortest average stay was 4.4 days at United Bristol Healthcare trust, compared with 26 days at West Middlesex University Hospital in London. Bowel surgery patients also have a wide variation.
Sarah Wilkinson writes on the “digital first” focus of the long-term plan published last week
The preferences of 1.6m people who do not want to share their health data will not apply to patient experience surveys after concerns were raised it would undermine improvements in care.
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