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A leaked document has revealed that Health Minister Jeremy Hunt’s own officials doubt his evidence on a seven-day NHS, it has been reported.
The internal Department of Health report,which has allegedly been leaked to The Guardian, states that it is not possible to prove that a seven-day NHS would lower the number of patients dying at weekends.
It allegedly says that the Department: “cannot evidence the mechanism by which increased consultant presence and diagnostic tests at weekends will translate into lower mortality and reduced length of stay.”
Mr Hunt’s push for seven-day services has been based on his claims that to do so would combat higher death rates on Saturdays and Sundays. The Department has cited a number of studies which apparently observe the trend, including a 2015 report for the British Medical Study which found that every year 11,000 more patients die within a month of visiting hospital if they are treated on a weekend.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...his-evidence-on-a-seven-day-nhs-a6876476.html
The internal Department of Health report,which has allegedly been leaked to The Guardian, states that it is not possible to prove that a seven-day NHS would lower the number of patients dying at weekends.
It allegedly says that the Department: “cannot evidence the mechanism by which increased consultant presence and diagnostic tests at weekends will translate into lower mortality and reduced length of stay.”
Mr Hunt’s push for seven-day services has been based on his claims that to do so would combat higher death rates on Saturdays and Sundays. The Department has cited a number of studies which apparently observe the trend, including a 2015 report for the British Medical Study which found that every year 11,000 more patients die within a month of visiting hospital if they are treated on a weekend.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...his-evidence-on-a-seven-day-nhs-a6876476.html
