'Error risk' to patients; WORLDTODAY.PATIENT safety is being put at risk by overworked medical staff who made 4,000 ''avoidable'' errors last year, it was revealed today. More than half of the blunders - 2,221 - were considered serious, resulting in deaths, injuries and patients being left in pain, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. figures obtained by a national newspaper. They included surgeons operating on the wrong person or body part and doctors making wrong diagnoses. A total of 97 NHS trusts This is a list of NHS Trusts in England and Wales.
The Patients' Association described all the mistakes as ''avoidable''. Dr Peter Carter, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is a membership organisation with over 395,000 members in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1916, receiving its Royal Charter in 1928, Queen Elizabeth II is the patron. , said staff shortages led to more errors. The Department of Health said it was working to monitor improvements in safety.. |
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