UK patients face death amid shortfalls

A shortfall of nurses at UK™s National Health Service (NHS) hospitals raises the risk of patients dying with its computerization adding up to more than £37 million in costs.

The nursing research unit said the lack of supervision on wards in Britain amid the overall reduced level of talented nurses has led to the emergence of the danger.

National Nursing Research Unit at King™s College London Deputy Director Jane Ball said there is grave concern regarding the amount of hospitals in peril and added, œIt™s not simply that nurses aren™t able to talk to patients and comfort people, it™s about levels of surveillance. Having fewer skilled people to keep an eye on patients can ultimately lead to a higher risk of them dying in hospital.”

This comes as MPs report on the cost of computerizing the NHS has reached higher than expected payouts to firms installing the equipment. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee published documents showing £31.45m was allotted to the international firm DLA Piper in a single payment.

The completion of the IT project is estimated to cost a total of £9.8 billion.

The head of the NHS came under fire on September 9 over a claims scandal of almost £14,000 that he supposedly spent on travel and food expenses in the first three months of 2013.

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