Hospital blunders 'kill 90,000 patients' - The Telegraph 29th November 2007

More than 90,000 patients die and almost one million are harmed each year because of hospital blunders, research suggests. Errors during surgery, misdiagnosis, falls, infections and complications are all to blame for the problems that contribute to the death and injury tolls in England each year. Surgeons performing an operation, hospital blunders 'kill 90,000 patients' Researchers found that up to half of the mistakes made were preventable Researchers found that between 8.7 per cent and 10 per cent of hospital stays involved such mistakes and up to a half were preventable.

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One in 10 suffers 'hospital harm' - BBC Health News 29th November 2007