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7 facts about hospital admissions

24th May 2019

The number of patients being admitted to hospital for vaccine-preventable diseases has jumped by almost 50% in the past two…

22nd May 2019

This is a time when patients are most at risk of iatrogenic illness: discharged from hospital, with changes to medications…

21st May 2019

This story has been updated. A doctor struck off after prescribing antibiotics to his girlfriends has lost his bid to…

9th May 2019

Having open discussions about errors or poor patient care helps reduce mortality rates in hospitals, according to UK-based…

5th June 2019

Promoted This content has been produced by Gilead Around 200,000 Australians are still living with chronic…

9th May 2019

Hospital discharge summaries are still the bane of too many GPs’ professional lives. An up-to-date electronic health record…

7th May 2019

A GP practising outside one of Australia’s most overstretched public hospitals is raising concerns for the welfare of its…

2nd May 2019

Involuntary hospitalisation rates for psychiatric illness are 20 times higher in some parts of the world than others, with…