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Jul 2015
One in seven hospital procedures not needed
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England, has disclosed that one in seven operations and procedures are unnecessary, calling for the ‘waste’ to be reduced.
He also estimated that nearly 15 per cent of the NHS budget is currently being spent on procedures and treatments that should not be taking place, costing the Health Service nearly £1.8 billion a year.
The figures obtained intimate that one in seven hysterectomies (around 6,600 each year) were not necessary.
Also citing the needless prescribing of antibiotics in as many as 20% of cases, Sir Bruce, when addressing a conference of senior doctors and managers, said “A substantial proportion of expenditure in our healthcare system and in other western healthcare systems – 10, 15 per cent – is due to over-use of treatment.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Paralegal, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (karenmotley@chadlaw.co.uk ), Medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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