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Nearly half of NHS hospital physiotherapists report losing rehabilitation space, survey finds
A Chartered Society of Physiotherapy member survey finds 49% of NHS hospital physiotherapists report losing rehabilitation space, with members linking the loss to rising waiting lists and worsening patient disability.
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Specialist screening before OPAT referral avoided almost 14,000 inpatient days over three years, audit finds
A three-year audit of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy referral pathway finds nearly a third of referrals were not taken onto the service after specialist screening, avoiding an estimated 13,909 inpatient or IV-therapy days.
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Structured coding of dying patients linked to far higher advance care planning and community death rates, NHS audit finds
A retrospective NHS audit found patients coded onto the Gold Standards Framework were far more likely to have a documented advance care plan and to die outside hospital than uncoded patients.
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First NHS England corridor care dataset: 2,940 patients daily in clinically inappropriate settings
NHS England published its first monthly corridor care dataset on 11 June 2026, recording an average of 2,940 patients per day receiving care in clinically inappropriate settings in May 2026.