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Reports, concerns and published responses

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0%

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Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. Worcestershire

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    Rachel Bernadette Johnston · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Rachel Bernadette Johnston, who had significant physical and learning disabilities, underwent dental surgery and was discharged to Pirton Grange Nursing Home, where she developed aspiration pneumonia and an unsurvivable hypoxic brain injury. She died there on 13 November 2018. The principal concerns were inadequate physiological observations and failure to seek emergency medical assistance, followed by inadequate internal investigation and disciplinary procedures concerning the nurses involved, including delayed reporting to the NMC.

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    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 Fieldfisher LLP; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to prevent nursing staff from working at Pirton Grange again when appropriate after investigation

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Following Rachel’s death, there appears to have been no adequate internal investigation or disciplinary procedure which was able to identify the gross failings of the nurses mentioned above. Accordingly, both nurses continued working at Pirton Grange for some time, without any action being taken to ensure that patients were not put at risk by their actions. Furthermore, no effort was made to report the conduct of the nurses concerned to the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( NMC ), the appropriate regulatory body, until February 2021, over 2 years after Rachel’s death; (2) Even now, there appears to be no Policy in place at Pirton Grange which sets out a suitable and robust procedure for: (a) identifying and investigating possible misconduct by nursing staff, e.g. where they have ignored a Policy; (b) imposing an interim suspension on a member of the nursing staff, pending the completion of such an investigation, if in the interests of ensuring the ongoing safety of residents; (c) if appropriate after the investigation has been completed, ensuring that member of the nursing staff does not work at Pirton Grange again; and (d) if the internal investigation has identified likely misconduct, reporting that member of the nursing staff to the NMC. ”
    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 Fieldfisher LLP; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to identify and investigate possible misconduct by nursing staff

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Following Rachel’s death, there appears to have been no adequate internal investigation or disciplinary procedure which was able to identify the gross failings of the nurses mentioned above. Accordingly, both nurses continued working at Pirton Grange for some time, without any action being taken to ensure that patients were not put at risk by their actions. Furthermore, no effort was made to report the conduct of the nurses concerned to the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( NMC ), the appropriate regulatory body, until February 2021, over 2 years after Rachel’s death; (2) Even now, there appears to be no Policy in place at Pirton Grange which sets out a suitable and robust procedure for: (a) identifying and investigating possible misconduct by nursing staff, e.g. where they have ignored a Policy; (b) imposing an interim suspension on a member of the nursing staff, pending the completion of such an investigation, if in the interests of ensuring the ongoing safety of residents; (c) if appropriate after the investigation has been completed, ensuring that member of the nursing staff does not work at Pirton Grange again; and (d) if the internal investigation has identified likely misconduct, reporting that member of the nursing staff to the NMC. ”
    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 Fieldfisher LLP; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to impose interim suspension of nursing staff where needed to protect residents

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Following Rachel’s death, there appears to have been no adequate internal investigation or disciplinary procedure which was able to identify the gross failings of the nurses mentioned above. Accordingly, both nurses continued working at Pirton Grange for some time, without any action being taken to ensure that patients were not put at risk by their actions. Furthermore, no effort was made to report the conduct of the nurses concerned to the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( NMC ), the appropriate regulatory body, until February 2021, over 2 years after Rachel’s death; (2) Even now, there appears to be no Policy in place at Pirton Grange which sets out a suitable and robust procedure for: (a) identifying and investigating possible misconduct by nursing staff, e.g. where they have ignored a Policy; (b) imposing an interim suspension on a member of the nursing staff, pending the completion of such an investigation, if in the interests of ensuring the ongoing safety of residents; (c) if appropriate after the investigation has been completed, ensuring that member of the nursing staff does not work at Pirton Grange again; and (d) if the internal investigation has identified likely misconduct, reporting that member of the nursing staff to the NMC. ”
    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 Fieldfisher LLP; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to report likely nursing staff misconduct to the NMC

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Following Rachel’s death, there appears to have been no adequate internal investigation or disciplinary procedure which was able to identify the gross failings of the nurses mentioned above. Accordingly, both nurses continued working at Pirton Grange for some time, without any action being taken to ensure that patients were not put at risk by their actions. Furthermore, no effort was made to report the conduct of the nurses concerned to the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( NMC ), the appropriate regulatory body, until February 2021, over 2 years after Rachel’s death; (2) Even now, there appears to be no Policy in place at Pirton Grange which sets out a suitable and robust procedure for: (a) identifying and investigating possible misconduct by nursing staff, e.g. where they have ignored a Policy; (b) imposing an interim suspension on a member of the nursing staff, pending the completion of such an investigation, if in the interests of ensuring the ongoing safety of residents; (c) if appropriate after the investigation has been completed, ensuring that member of the nursing staff does not work at Pirton Grange again; and (d) if the internal investigation has identified likely misconduct, reporting that member of the nursing staff to the NMC. ”
    Open source report
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