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NHS surveillance 'could save lives'

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The public inquiry into the scandal at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust has been told that computer-based surveillance of staff and patients in hospitals could save thousands of lives across the NHS every year.

The BBC's Adam Brimelow has been to see the pioneering system which has had a dramatic impact after being introduced in Birmingham.


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