Iris Grimwood
26 Aug 2014 · Coroner ARW Forrest · South Lincolnshire
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. nursing care inadequacy
“difficulties in providing the level of nursing care that [the deceased] needed”
2. inappropriate medication application
“mistakes were made in the use of semi-automatic thermometers for measuring body temperature and an episode was described where a nurse attempted to apply an antifungal ointment to [the deceased]'s genital region”
3. staffing shortages and funding constraints
“less than optimal numbers of nursing staff, compounded by difficulties in recruitment and retention of nursing staff as well as problems with funding training”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
This report
“difficulties in providing the level of nursing care that [the deceased] needed.”
Later report
“There was a failure to escalate and act on [the deceased]'s deteriorating condition from at least 14.00 on 22 April 2017, when her NEWS was 6,”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.