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Tag surgery patients with barcode to prevent medical blunders, experts say

28 August 2023

Professor Sir Terence Stephenson (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) has called for every hospital patient to be given a barcode and scanned before surgery to prevent medical blunders: "Getting people out quickly is good for patients, but it’s also very good for the NHS."

Read: Telegraph (£)