Comments by "Aden Wellsmith" (@adenwellsmith6908) on "Heads Up For Ginger!" video.

  1. *More than 250 patients a week could be dying unnecessarily, due to long waits in A&E in England, according to analysis of NHS data.* The Royal College of Emergency Medicine analysed the 1.5 million who waited 12 hours or more to be admitted in 2023. A previous data study had calculated the level of risk of people dying after long waits to start treatment and found it got worse after five hours. 250 x 52 = 13,000 a year. Just A&E
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  2. Check out Dr Jane Barton and whistle blowers.
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  3. 20,000 a year killed by "avoidable mistakes" Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: a retrospective case record review study - BMJ
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  4. Around one in 20 (6%) of patients are affected by preventable harm in medical care, of which around 12% causes permanent disability or death, finds a study published by The BMJ today. Their findings are based on data from 70 observational studies involving 337,025 mostly adult patients. Of these, 28,150 experienced harmful incidents and 15,419 experienced preventable harmful incidents. Maria Panagioti from the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre
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  5. More than 200 million medication errors occur in NHS per year, say researchers A study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from the Universities of York, Manchester and Sheffield report that an estimated 712 deaths result from avoidable ADRs. They say, however, that ADRs could be a contributory factor to between 1,700 and 22,303 deaths a year. Of the total estimated 237 million medication errors that occur, the researchers found that almost three in four are unlikely to result in harm to patients, but there is very little information on the harm that actually happens due to medication errors. This led researchers to review studies related to the harm caused to patients from ADRs. As well as the number of deaths reported, they also showed that avoidable ADRs had significant cost implications, at £98.5 million per year, but this could be significantly higher. BMJ Quality & Safety.
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  6.  @RobAddie  my understanding, a higher rate
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