1. The BMJ paper and a case of political interference?
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Rimmer, Abi
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CELEBRITIES , *HOSPITAL admission & discharge , *PATIENTS , *PROFESSIONAL peer review , *PUBLIC speaking , *PUBLISHING , *HOSPITAL mortality ,BRITISH politics & government - Abstract
The article references the paper published by the journal in 2015 on the association between day of admission and mortality, which health secretary Jeremy Hunt apparently used in his House of Commons speech on July 16, 2015, claiming that 6,000 people die yearly because of lack of a proper seven day service in hospitals. Topics discussed include where the 6,000 figure came from, whether the Department of Health (DH) commissioned the new analysis, and whether data were shared with the DH.
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- 2016