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All these studies aren't the one hunt has been citing as the rationales for his proposals, the one he keeps using is wrong.
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Nothing is wrong with it if it can be staffed but if we haven't got the staff for 5 days 7 is going to prove tricky especially if you actually believe the hours are going to be cut
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What nonsense. The policy of a 7 day NHS came along LONG BEFORE that report. It was cited simply because it was recent.
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The research by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trusts and University College London, examined the effect of hospital admission day on death rates across NHS England hospitals for 2013-2014.
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When these figures were adjusted, to account for patients’ higher levels of sickness, there was still a relative difference of up to 15 per cent.
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Still higher death rates based on that report.
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The Royal College of Surgeons said patients needed better access to senior staff and key tests at weekends.
Its president, Clare Marx, said: “Patients that need treating at the weekend are less likely to be seen by the right mix of junior and senior staff and experience reduced access to diagnostics.
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Even in Accident & Emergency departments, there were twice as many senior doctors working during the week, compared with weekends.
A study of heart attack patients presented to cardiologists last week found those who were admitted on Saturdays had death rates 20 per cent higher than those who arrived at hospital during the week.
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