Sentences with phrase «unusually high mortality rate»

In July 2009, a month after he became Health Secretary, Burnham launched an independent inquiry chaired by the QC Robert Francis into unusually high mortality rates at Stafford Hospital.

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[25] According to The Daily Telegraph, after initial concerns were raised about links between mortality rates and standards of care in 2005, there were up to 2800 more deaths than expected across 14 NHS trusts highlighted as having unusually high death rates.

A big skull was not conducive to easy births, and thus a within - group pressure toward smaller heads was probably always present, as it still is in present - day humans, who have an unusually high infant mortality rate due to big - headed babies.