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Switching to decaf in care homes could save NHS £85 million per year, trial says

Source: PA Wire

Switching care home residents to decaffeinated hot drinks could save the NHS up to £85 million per year in toileting-related falls, a new study has found.

In what is said to be a first-of-its-kind trial, residents in eight residential care homes were switched to decaf over a period of six

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