Calls for action to tackle sharp rise in emergency readmissions

By The Press Association2013-02-11T10:33:00

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Campaigners have called for renewed efforts to tackle inappropriate discharges after new analysis found the number of elderly patients requiring emergency readmission to hospital had nearly doubled in the past decade.

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