Ashgate House Care Home

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First report 21 Sep 2017•Latest report 21 Sep 2017

Reports, concerns and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. Derby and Derbyshire

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    Barbara Christine Sturgess · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Barbara Christine Sturgess, who had advanced dementia and was at high risk of falls, sustained a cervical spinal fracture in a fall at her nursing home on 20 May 2017 and died of bronchopneumonia on 8 June 2017. The hospital did not initially inform the nursing home or GP practice of the fracture or necessary care measures; although this was not evidenced to have contributed to her death, it had the potential to adversely affect her wellbeing and could contribute to death in similar cases.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

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    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to communicate confirmed fractures and necessary care measures to relevant care providers

    Wider context from the report

    “The Chesterfield Royal Hospital did not inform the nursing home or the GP practice that Barbara Christine Sturgess had sustained a cervical spinal fracture nor of any necessary measures in her care and treatment. Her daughter attended a fracture clinic appointment with her on 24 May 2017 where a Doctor told the daughter that a fracture had been sustained and that care should be exercised in her management on account of the fracture. It was only on 26 May 2017, as a result of enquiries by the nursing home, that formal confirmation of the fracture was provided by the hospital. Although there was no evidence that the failure of the hospital to properly confirm and advise on the fracture was a factor in Barbara Christine Sturgess’s death this did have the potential to adversely affect her wellbeing. Very importantly if there were to be further similar failings in communication it could be that for some patients this could be a contributory factor in death. ”
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