Shirley Nightingale
16 Dec 2019 · Coroner Alison Mutch · Manchester (South)
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of escalation system for OGD lists
“no clear system for escalation /prioritisation by treating clinicians in relation to management of the OGD lists and patient need where the OGD team said there was no capacity”
2. failure to follow up OGD referral before ward round
“no clear system to ensure that this was followed up prior to the ward round on AMU the next day”
3. unrecorded decision without senior clinician agreement
“rationale was not recorded and there was no system to ensure that a suitably experienced clinician agreed with the decision”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.