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The Department of Health has said it is "unacceptable" for patients to go hungry or be malnourished in hospitals, and has increased the number of unannounced inspections by the care watchdog to tackle the issue.
The announcement was made after it was reported that 1,165 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years.
The Sunday Express said figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that for every patient who dies from malnutrition, four more have dehydration mentioned on their death certificate.
In 2011, 43 patients starved to death and 291 died in a state of severe malnutrition, the newspaper said, while the number of patients discharged from hospital suffering from malnutrition doubled to 5,558.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/03/nhs-watchdog-malnutrition-hospitals
The announcement was made after it was reported that 1,165 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years.
The Sunday Express said figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that for every patient who dies from malnutrition, four more have dehydration mentioned on their death certificate.
In 2011, 43 patients starved to death and 291 died in a state of severe malnutrition, the newspaper said, while the number of patients discharged from hospital suffering from malnutrition doubled to 5,558.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/03/nhs-watchdog-malnutrition-hospitals