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First report 7 May 2021•Latest report 7 May 2021

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.

Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

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Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Birmingham Children's Hospital linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire

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    Alex Louise Shaw · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Alex Louise Shaw, who had methylmalonic aciduria and chronic kidney failure, died on 22 October 2018 after developing fluid overload, pulmonary oedema and respiratory failure during hospital treatment. The principal concerns were poor communication and documentation of her clinical observations and telephone advice between clinicians at Royal Stoke University Hospital and Birmingham Children’s Hospital, including failure to communicate her rising heart rate.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Birmingham Children's Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to consistently document the content and timing of inter-hospital clinical conversations

    Wider context from the report

    “[BRIEF SUMMARY OF MATTERS OF CONCERN] (1) There was poor communication of the patient’s clinical condition/observations between the Registrar at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and the Consultant at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital when advice was sought by telephone. There was also poor documentation of the contents of the information that had been provided during that conversation and the timing of when the call was made. The evidence of the Consultant at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital was that her advice would have been different if she had been made aware of the patient’s rising heart rate. (2) The evidence also revealed it was a “judgment call” when the clinician felt that a dialogue between clinician’s at a different hospital needed to be documented. (3) Consideration should be given as to how a patient’s observations are communicated to the clinician’s between the University Hospital and the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the time, content, advice and documentation of the conversations. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Birmingham Children's Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to communicate patients’ clinical condition and observations between clinicians when telephone advice is sought

    Wider context from the report

    “[BRIEF SUMMARY OF MATTERS OF CONCERN] (1) There was poor communication of the patient’s clinical condition/observations between the Registrar at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and the Consultant at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital when advice was sought by telephone. There was also poor documentation of the contents of the information that had been provided during that conversation and the timing of when the call was made. The evidence of the Consultant at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital was that her advice would have been different if she had been made aware of the patient’s rising heart rate. (2) The evidence also revealed it was a “judgment call” when the clinician felt that a dialogue between clinician’s at a different hospital needed to be documented. (3) Consideration should be given as to how a patient’s observations are communicated to the clinician’s between the University Hospital and the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the time, content, advice and documentation of the conversations. ”
    Open source report
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Data last updated 7 September 2026