TY - JOUR T1 - Seasonal variation in pressures on trauma services and in deaths following hip fracture JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 50 LP - 50 DO - 10.7861/futurehealth.6-2-s50 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Catherine Grose AU - Elizabeth Fagan AU - Tim Bunning AU - Antony Johansen Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_2/50.abstract N2 - Seasonal variation in numbers of patients presenting with hip fracture is well recognised, and the potential implications of this for trauma and orthogeriatric service are significant.1 We set out to examine whether increased pressures in the winter months might lead to poorer outcomes for the frail people who typically suffer this injury.The National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) has been … ER -