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One in eight doctors does not think hospitals provide high-quality care at weekends and ?catastrophes? are feared on wards because staff cover is so poor.
A survey of senior doctors has found that many are concerned about the care patients receive at weekends, when most hospitals only have a skeleton staff.
One respondent to the Royal College of Physicians poll said: ?I often feel relieved on Monday that nothing catastrophic has happened over the weekend.?
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of the NHS, has told The Daily Telegraph that hospitals should look no different on a Saturday to the way the look on a Wednesday.
He wants the NHS to offer a full seven-day service with routine appointments and operations carried out at weekends instead of emergencies only.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...tastrophes-on-hospital-wards-at-weekends.html
A survey of senior doctors has found that many are concerned about the care patients receive at weekends, when most hospitals only have a skeleton staff.
One respondent to the Royal College of Physicians poll said: ?I often feel relieved on Monday that nothing catastrophic has happened over the weekend.?
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of the NHS, has told The Daily Telegraph that hospitals should look no different on a Saturday to the way the look on a Wednesday.
He wants the NHS to offer a full seven-day service with routine appointments and operations carried out at weekends instead of emergencies only.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...tastrophes-on-hospital-wards-at-weekends.html