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17 May 2012
Hospitals make nearly four thousand medication errors in one week for inpatients with diabetes
Nearly one in three hospital patients with diabetes are affected by errors which can result in dangerously high blood glucose levels, according to a national audit report.
16 May 2012
Full line-up of GPES Independent Advisory Group announced
We are delighted to announce the full membership of the GPES Independent Advisory Group (IAG) that has been set up to review requests for data via the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES).
15 May 2012
National mandatory tariffs: over 60s account for half of hospital admissions for income
More than half of the income hospitals get for admissions that attract a mandatory tariff under the national payment system, Payment by Results (PbR), is from treating the over 60s.
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