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Better management of patients with long term conditions in a community setting could improve their lives, reduce emergency admissions, and reduce NHS costs, said England's health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, in a press statement. The health service could save more than £400m (€580m; 700m) a year if it reduced the number of unnecessary admissions of people with illnesses such as asthma, angina, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (conditions defined as “ambulatory care sensitive”). …
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