Hospital mergers increase death and harm, CMA study suggests

By Shaun Lintern2019-02-04T11:00:00

Merging hospital trusts could increase mortality rates by up to 550 per cent and cause patient harm incidents to almost triple, new analysis by the Competition and Markets Authority has suggested.

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