Dorota Kuklinska
18 Jan 2024 · Coroner Louise Hunt · Birmingham and Solihull Category
The coroner's concerns
1. failure to refer patients with strong clinical signs of brain bleed for specialist neurosurgical advice
“The inquest heard evidence from a specialist neurosurgeons at University Hospital Birmingham that there are guidelines to confirm a patient with strong clinical signs of a brain bleed, should be referred through NORSE particularly when they have refused a lumber puncture which is the usual test undertaken in accordance with the NICE guidelines. Clinicians at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital City hospital site said they were unaware of those guidelines and didn't consider a referral for Mrs”