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New plans to reduce the number of "avoidable deaths" in English hospitals have been unveiled by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Mr Hunt said an annual review of 2,000 cases of patients who later died would allow hospitals to be ranked according to avoidable mortality rates.
Mr Hunt said there were about 1,000 avoidable deaths in the NHS per month.
Labour called the plans "insufficiently ambitious" and said it would review the case notes of all such patients.
The announcement from Mr Hunt comes as new research suggests hundreds of deaths were probably avoided because of a decision to put 11 failing English hospital trusts into special measures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31226148
Mr Hunt said an annual review of 2,000 cases of patients who later died would allow hospitals to be ranked according to avoidable mortality rates.
Mr Hunt said there were about 1,000 avoidable deaths in the NHS per month.
Labour called the plans "insufficiently ambitious" and said it would review the case notes of all such patients.
The announcement from Mr Hunt comes as new research suggests hundreds of deaths were probably avoided because of a decision to put 11 failing English hospital trusts into special measures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31226148