Comparative audit of independent sector centres and NHS hospitals
The Patient Outcome in Surgery [POiS] Audit looking at four common procedures – hip replacements, knee replacements, varicose vein treatment and inguinal hernia repair reports that NHS patients these operations in dedicated independent sector units report better outcomes than those seen by NHS Hospitals treating emergency and elective patients, according to a major new study
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