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'Weekend effect' blamed for 11,000 extra deaths in hospital each year

9 September 2015

A collaborative analysis by UCL and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trusts has found that patients admitted to hospital at the weekend are more likely to be sicker and have a higher risk of death, compared with those admitted during the week. Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Mirror, Sky News, BMJ, UCL News