Stephen Pettitt
25 Jan 2019 · Coroner Karen Dilks · Newcastle upon Tyne
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of national guidelines for new interventional procedures
“are set out in the attached report to the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Health Trust”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Earlier report
“At the time of the death were no National Guidelines to advise on the need to monitor patients post procedure or application of the anaesthetic nerve block”
This report
“that consideration to the creation of appropriate national guidelines in respect of the implementation of any New Interventional Procedure programme and the training required in respect thereof should be considered.”