Patients should not be discharged from hospital if they are unfit to leave, insists the health service ombudsman. In a damning report published last month, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman described a 36% increase in discharge-related incidents that had led to an investigation. Death or suffering could have been prevented if hospitals had carried out the right checks, the ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor said.
The Academy Library does not currently subscribe to the journal that this article appears in, however we can most likely request it from another library. Please contact the UHSM Academy Library for more detail or call 0161 291 5778.