Intensive Care: Admissions

(asked on 11th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the intensive care unit admission criteria on reported mortality rates within the UK.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 20th May 2020

Treatment within intensive care units is based on clinical judgement on a case-by-case basis.

Patient safety is the top priority when deciding whether a patient should be admitted to hospital.

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