- Warden John, parliamentary correspondent
- BMJ
Comparative mortality rates for NHS hospitals in England are to be published in October, the health secretary Frank Dobson announced this week. The move has been contemplated for over a year but has been accelerated by the case in Bristol, where death rates of children after heart surgery were unacceptably high (6 June, p 1691).
Mr Dobson has decided that reassurance to patients …
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