Basing seven day working policy on evidence not political expediency

McCartney does not mention one obvious flaw in the studies purporting to show increased risk of mortality for weekend hospital admissions.1 2 3 Patients with milder illnesses are less likely to call the doctor at weekends, so there are fewer admissions and the average severity of illness is probably greater. A study of 4.3 million emergency admissions showed a mortality of 5.2% for those admitted …