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" Experts have called for urgent improvements in the care of seriously injured patients after a report found that nearly half of trauma patients in the UK receive inadequate care. The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) said that significant improvements needed to be made in pre-hospital and hospital treatment. Their research found no identifiable improvement in the care of trauma patients transferred between hospitals over the last five years and noted that such transfers were often carried out by inexperienced trainees. &amp;#039;We need to see significant improvements made now to pre-hospital and hospital trauma care in order to prevent the unnecessary death of young patients with its tragic consequences for families, not to mention the economic cost to the nation,&amp;#039; said Simon Carter, NCEPOD coordinator and author of the report. The British Medical Association (BMA) has responded to the report and &amp;#039;fully backs&amp;#039; its recommendation that trauma cases should be led by a consultant. &amp;#039;The problem is that the NHS still does not have enough consultants and patients are suffering as a result,&amp;#039; explained Dr Jonathan Fielden, chairman of the BMA consultants&amp;#039; committee. &amp;#039;We know that patients&amp;#039; chances of survival are best achieved by consultant-based care. This is the gold standard of quality care which the government needs to realise is what the NHS and patients need.&amp;#039; \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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