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Patients are being put at risk at the weekend because too much of their care is being left in the hands of junior hospital staff, senior consultants have warned.
The group of surgeons spoke out after a retired colleague was left disabled because complications from a hip operation were not spotted, as he recovered from surgery in hospital over a weekend.
Their intervention comes as the country?s most senior doctor prepares to publish recommendations to put the NHS on a seven-day footing. It follows increasing concern about worse care and far higher death rates for patients treated towards the end of the week.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-by-consultant-left-disabled-by-failings.html
The group of surgeons spoke out after a retired colleague was left disabled because complications from a hip operation were not spotted, as he recovered from surgery in hospital over a weekend.
Their intervention comes as the country?s most senior doctor prepares to publish recommendations to put the NHS on a seven-day footing. It follows increasing concern about worse care and far higher death rates for patients treated towards the end of the week.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-by-consultant-left-disabled-by-failings.html