How to improve the safety of patients treated in the NHS
VOL: 101, ISSUE: 49, PAGE NO: 19Jason Beckford-Ball, BA, RMN, is assistant clinical editor, Nursing TimesA huge number of patients successfully access health care services in the UK - each day more than one million are treated by the NHS alone. However, it is estimated that 10 per cent of patients admitted to the NHS are harmed unintentionally (National Audit Office, 2005).
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