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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

Older patients ‘need support to get walking while in hospital’

Older hospital patients need more support to get out of their beds and walking, a new study suggests.

Even mobile hospital inpatients spend the majority of time in their beds, academics said.

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