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Poor care and delays are putting the lives of thousands of non-cardiac NHS emergency surgery patients in danger, leading surgeons say.

A Royal College of Surgeons report highlights poor access to operating theatres and scans as reducing patients' chances of survival.

The report also says that an insufficient number of patients receive critical care after surgery and that too often junior staff members are left in charge of post-surgical complications.

Around 170,000 patients undergo non-cardiac emergency operations each year and of those 100,000 will develop complications and 25,000 will die.

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Emergency surgery care risk

29/09/11

Department of Health: Hospitals should follow guidance

RCS president: Elderly patients under prioritised to point of neglect

RCS report author: Sickest NHS patients languishing on inappropriate wards

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