England and Wales see 20 000 excess deaths in care homes

Deaths from asthma in England and Wales.

common condition, and from a stirvey of the illnesses of the adult population of England and Wales (1944-7) by Stocks (1949) it has been estimated that asthma occurs in one in every 110 of the adult population, or, more correctly, in 904 per 100,000 of the adult population. The frequency of death from status asthmaticus in this common condition is, however, uncertain, and opinions differ. Witts...

Quality of prescribing in care homes and the community in England and Wales.

BACKGROUND Care home residents are vulnerable to the adverse effects of prescribing but there is limited monitoring in the UK. AIM To compare prescribing quality in care homes in England and Wales with the community and with US nursing homes. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional analysis of a UK primary care database and comparison with the US National Nursing Home Survey including 326 genera...

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2008.

Deaths from measles in England and Wales, 1970-83.

Maternal deaths in England and Wales 1976-8.

CLINICAL RESEARCH * PAPERS AND SHORT REPORTS * PRACTICE OBSERVED HLA-DRw6 and renal ailograft rejection G F J HENDRIKS, GM TH SCHREUDER, FH JCLAAS, J D'AMARO,GJJvANROD ....G G PERSIEN, ROOD 85 Clinical aspects of delta infection T MOESTRUP, B G HANSSON, A WIDELL, E NORDENFELT .......................................... 87 Raynaud's phenomenon and thermal entrainment: an objective test x LAFFERTY...