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Face the Facts: Saving Lives in Seconds

13/07/2011

Saving Lives in Seconds

BBC Radio 4 - Face the Facts, Saving Lives in Seconds

Investigative series looking at stories around the UK: the hidden killer in our hospitals.

The NHS is paying out tens of millions of pounds a year in compensation to patients who develop preventable blood clots. John Waite investigates why people are dying needlessly.

Ten of Millions of pounds in compensation is being paid out to patients who develop blood clots in hospital. Most are preventable. And yet government guidelines to tackle the problem are being ignored by dozens of hospitals. John Waite investigates why.

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