PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gastrointestinal System (7 July 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which acute hospitals do not offer 24 hour, seven days a week upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Answer
The Department does not hold this information centrally. However, the recent report Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage: Time to Get Control? published by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death on 3 July 2015 found that 32% (60/185) of hospitals admitting gastrointestinal bleed patients did not have a 24/7 endoscopy service.
Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
15 July 2015
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