Claim: Two patients every day die of thirst or starvation in NHS hospitals.
Fact-check: How many patients die from thirst or starvation? - Full Fact
Verdict: roughly one patient every three or four days died as a direct result of malnutrition or dehydration in nhs and non-nhs hospitals in england and wales across 2015. this can't be directly linked to the quality of care, though.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-01-09T00:00:00