Hospital Trusts Are ‘Fiddling’ Patient Mortality Data, Claims Report

March 31, 2014

(Nursing Times) – The way hospitals record patient deaths could be covering up poor treatment and costing lives, claims a new report from data analysts. Figures show a dramatic rise in the number of people recorded as needing “palliative care” at the end of their lives, with some hospitals saying more than 35% of their patients die this way. Healthcare analysts Dr Foster claim in their report that hospitals could be hiding the fact patients were admitted for treatment which then failed.