AdvertisementMore than 30 NHS trusts recorded more deaths than expected last year, an eminent hospital death rates professor has claimed. Official data last week named the 11 health service-run organisations across England that recorded excess deaths in 2017. But Professor Jarman's calculations - which haven't been independently verified - showed 19 trusts also had excess deaths last year. Blackpool Victoria Hospital, ran by the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, has been flagged up for having excess deaths every year since 2014WHERE WERE THE 33 NHS TRUSTS THAT PROFESSOR SIR BRIAN JARMAN FOUND HAD EXCESS DEATHS? Some 103 trusts reported no excess deaths, and 16 of them even reported a lower number of fatalities than expected.

Source: Daily Mail May 20, 2019 13:39 UTC