Claim: Sub-standard care and staffing at weekends is responsible for thousands of deaths.
Fact-check: Nobody knows how many lives could be saved by a seven-day NHS - Full Fact
Verdict: there's no way to be sure. research suggests thousands of "excess deaths" for patients admitted at weekends, but not that this is due to poor care.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Laura O'Brien
Date published: 2015-08-12T00:00:00