Inconsistent iv fluid administration and inadequate shock management
Department of Health and Social Care received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 9 Feb 2023 and 7 Apr 2025.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 1 specific action.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“IV fluids were not administered consistently. The longest period in which fluids were not administered was 17 hours and 45 minutes.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Department of Health and Social Care responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“Audits have been completed in Geriatrics and Frailty wards and the findings were presented at the monthly Clinical Group Quality & Safety meeting and the Quality Governance Steering Group. Across the 9 audited areas, over the period of three months (March, April and May 2023), the audits demonstrated that 87% of patients' fluid charts were completed, recorded on vital pac and available to review. Each patient that did not have fluid chart completed and recorded on vital pac (due to a new admission”
Stated timescale: March, April and May 2023
- 2 years 2 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.86 · higha different coroner
“Intravenous fluids were commenced but these were not targeted against response. [the deceased] remained hypotensive and tachycardic despite the fluid administration.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Department of Health and Social Care responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to Department of Health and Social Care
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2023 → 2025Christian Hobbs2 years 2 months after George Kearsey · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.86 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.86 · highBoth reports highlight problems with intravenous fluid management in the trust, specifically failures to administer or monitor fluids appropriately.
George Kearsey · 9 Feb 2023
“IV fluids were not administered consistently. The longest period in which fluids were not administered was 17 hours and 45 minutes.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Christian Hobbs · 7 Apr 2025
“Intravenous fluids were commenced but these were not targeted against response. [the deceased] remained hypotensive and tachycardic despite the fluid administration.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“Cross site audits have been completed on COTE (Care of the Elderly) wards on a random basis to understand a cross section of compliance with fluid management with no notice given to the ward in advance of the audit. The audits capture patients who are on fluid restriction, patients requiring oral and intravenous hydration, parenteral nutrition and output monitoring, whether the intake and output is entered on Careflow Vitals and appropriate action taken as necessary. The audits were completed by”
Stated action · timescale: March, April and May 2023
“Audits have been completed in Geriatrics and Frailty wards and the findings were presented at the monthly Clinical Group Quality & Safety meeting and the Quality Governance Steering Group. Across the 9 audited areas, over the period of three months (March, April and May 2023), the audits demonstrated that 87% of patients' fluid charts were completed, recorded on vital pac and available to review. Each patient that did not have fluid chart completed and recorded on vital pac (due to a new admission”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Department of Health and Social Care at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 → 2025 | 0.77 | 0.32 | Closely related · 0.86 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
Next
Other chains for Department of Health and Social Care
This shows that a similar concern was raised again after an earlier report. It does not say why, and it is not a finding about any organisation or person. To report an error, see the corrections route.