Margaret Sales
11 Nov 2020 · Coroner Jacqueline Lake · Norfolk
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. incomplete clinical records
“Records were not always completed as required”
2. delayed medical response
“Nurses had difficulty in contacting front line on call medical staff on two occasions”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“Nurses had difficulty in contacting front line on call medical staff on two occasions.”
Later report
“Evidence was heard that staff alerted the paediatric team on foot, rather than using the emergency "bleep" system”
Responses
2020-0233-Response-from-Queen-Elizabeth-Hospital-Kings-Lynn-Redacted.pdf ↗· Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Stated action · 25 January 2021
“I attach the latest audit on medical records carried out across the Trust's wards. The wards involved were Oxborough and Marham for the admission in question. With medical record completion, action taken is taken on a regular basis and I set out the detail of this process below.”