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White, Richard, Shorney, R. and Butcher, M. (2010) Penalties for Hospital Readmissions? Wounds UK, 6 (2). p. 156. ISSN 1746-6814
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Early June, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced an intention to reduce the half million annual hospital readmissions. Between 1998–99 and 2007–2008 the number of emergency readmissions in the UK has risen by 53%, from 359,719 to 546,354 (Peñaloza, 2010). The new Health Secretary argues that patients are being discharged too early to free up beds and this in turn undermines patient care. Under the new plans, hospitals would receive funding for the first hospital stay plus treatment for the 30 days post discharge, giving hospitals the responsibility for a patient’s health and wellbeing following hospital treatment, not the GPs and primary care trusts (PCTS), as is currently the case.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The electronic full-text for this article can be accessed via the Official URL. |
| Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | hospital readmissions |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Depositing User: | Janet Davidson |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2011 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2020 16:55 |
| URI: | https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1468 |
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