No caffeine for Derbyshire hospital patients in a bid to increase patient safety
Tea and coffee is no longer being offered to patients at many Derbyshire hospitals in a bid to increase patient safety. The move, from Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Ilkeston and Ripley Community Hospitals, along with facilities at many others, has now been in force since January, the organisation said. The trust said the decision follows links to sleep disruption, a significant increase in falls and continence issues, sudden rises in heart palpitations and blood pressure […]
