Recurring concern
Unreliable bowel monitoring and charting
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Request correctionFirst reported 7 May 2015•Latest report 14 Feb 2017
What this concern includes
Includes failures to initiate, maintain, complete or update bowel monitoring charts or equivalent bowel-activity records when monitoring is required for patient safety, including the anchor's delayed bowel chart and the separate report's incomplete bowel monitoring chart.
Not included
- Excludes diagnosis, treatment or escalation failures for bowel obstruction, constipation or other bowel conditions when bowel monitoring or charting is not itself deficient.
- Excludes general clinical record-keeping failures that do not specifically concern bowel monitoring or bowel-activity records.
- Excludes failures to provide laxatives, fluids, nutrition or other treatment where bowel monitoring was completed reliably.
- Excludes generic patient-observation or physiological-monitoring failures without a specific bowel-monitoring component.
- Reports
- 3
- Individual concerns
- 3
- Date range
- 2015–2017
- Stated actions
- 4
Distinct published reports
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Described in published responses
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Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
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Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to maintain a timely bowel chart
This report raised 25 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to complete bowel monitoring charts
This report raised 18 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
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Action
Introduce integrated documentation for all clinical staff treating patients on Twineham ward.
Stated by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust -
Action
Develop and deliver a Twineham ward training package on accurate documentation and the consequences of poor documentation.
Stated by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record bowel movements
This report raised 24 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
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Action
Monitor documentation more closely and provide nurses with real-time feedback.
Stated by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust -
Action
Review and condense Acute Medical Unit documentation into multidisciplinary paperwork that directs care and reduces duplication.
Stated by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Data last updated 7 September 2026