unnecessary admission

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandadmission

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unnecessary
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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admission
noun
uk
/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/
the act of agreeing that something is true, ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandadmissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In order to preventunnecessaryadmissionto hospital or complications of acute illness such as pressure sores, rapid access to nursing aids such as commodes and pressure-relieving devices is required.
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It is also anunnecessaryadmissionof the inferiority of small coal.
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My submission is that that is an excessive andunnecessaryadmission.
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Of course, we all agree about the importance of avoidingunnecessaryadmissionto hospital; this is vital.
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Was it anunnecessaryadmission?
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It would like, if it had the power, to provide free long-term care for the elderly, which it believes would preventunnecessaryadmissionto hospital and promote prompt discharge.
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That will build on the success of our measures last winter by again tackling discharge and unnecessary admissions and by strengthening community-based services.
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A group of staff was charged with preventing unnecessary admissions.
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It is causing them to misuse and waste their scarce resources in unnecessary admissions to institutional care.
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The health authority plans a network of care to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and to ensure that patients are discharged as soon as their treatment is completed.
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At the same time, we are seeing a necessary and long-overdue investment in better home care services that can avoid the need for unnecessary admissions into residential care.
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More than £250, 000 will be invested in expanding the trust's existing hospital-at-home scheme, which helps to prevent unnecessary admissions and allows a speedier discharge of patients.
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