Table 1

Location of patients by hospital specialty (medicine includes care of the elderly and renal medicine)

Initial Final
Gastroenterology34 (29%)40 (34%)
General medicine35 (30%)27 (23%)
Surgery35 (30%)25 (21%)
ITU 010 (9%)
Haemato-oncology10 (9%)12 (10%)
Paediatrics 3 (3%) 3 (3%)