Trust and NHSI investigating weekend death rates gap

By Alison Moore2019-11-12T05:18:00

Medway hospital 2

An acute trust is investigating a “significant” gap between mortality rates for patients admitted at weekends and those admitted during the week – which it says could be partly due to lack of “wrap around” services in the community on Saturdays and Sundays.

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