Children’s intensive care units performing well despite low staffing levels

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Published by University of Leicester Press Office for University of Leicester in Health and also in Education

Standards of care in children's intensive care units come under scrutiny in a new audit report published today by the University of Leeds and the University of Leicester. The report, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and carried out by the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet) showed that death rates in children’s intensive care units are low and continue to fall. However, there continues to be a higher risk of mortality for children of south Asian ori...

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