A Scotland-wide audit of hospital admissions recorded before, during and after the covid lockdowns has uncovered major differences in geriatric services’ performance between all Scottish health boards. The Scotland-wide average duration of stay in hospital during the pandemic (2020/21) fell by 2 days from an average of around 14 days to around 12 days, however, […]
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Alternatives to hospital admissions for children insufficient, new report claims: There are record numbers of unwell children being admitted to Scottish hospitals and the current new alternatives being used are insufficient, a new University of Aberdeen study concludes. The researchers are calling for the introduction of a “Hospital at Home” service for those children who […]
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Helping frail elderly people manage multiple medicines safely is the focus of a new research project led by Dr Beth Fylan, Senior Lecturer in Patient Safety in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford. The potential impact is considerable: nearly 12 million people in the UK are over 65 and of those, […]
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