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'Shocking' stories of unsafe hospital discharges uncovered by national inquiry

Healthwatch England has published a report showing vulnerable patients are being discharged unsafely because of a lack of communication and a fragmented service
- @sally_gillen
Posted 21 July 2015 - 08:51
 

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