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First report 27 Apr 2015•Latest report 29 Apr 2015

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
2

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Glan Clwyd Hospital linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. North West Wales

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    Barry Wilson · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Barry Wilson underwent a right hemicolectomy and was discharged from hospital on 24 December 2014. He collapsed at home after discharge and died at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, on 25 December 2014; the recorded cause of death was peritonitis following anastomotic breakdown. The concern was that the defective anastomosis should have been detected before or at discharge, and that earlier detection might have prevented his death.

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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 Glan Clwyd Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to detect a defective surgical anastomosis before hospital discharge

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) It would appear from the evidence that the deceased had undergone a right hemicolectomy and that the anastomosis had been made with staples. The anastomosis was defective and this should have been apparent either on or prior to the deceased's discharge from hospital. If the defect had been detected at that stage Mr. Wilson might not have died. ”
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  2. North Wales (East and Central)

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    Sally Ellison · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Sally Ellison contracted legionella while on holiday in Tunisia in mid-May 2012 and died on 1 June 2012 from cardiac arrest, multi-organ failure and legionella pneumonia. Concerns were raised that testing for legionella was not undertaken until 31 May, with confirmation on 1 June, and that this may have delayed optimal treatment; the report also identified the need for earlier testing and a rapid testing and reporting service.

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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 Glan Clwyd Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Unavailability of a rapid testing and reporting service for legionella

    Wider context from the report

    “2. Not only should consideration therefore be given to undertaking tests at an earlier stage but there should also be available to the hospital a rapid testing and reporting service, either preferably a service within North Wales or utilising options within organisations geographically closer and more accessible than those in Cardiff. ”
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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 Glan Clwyd Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to expedite urgent blood test samples for laboratory analysis

    Wider context from the report

    “1. That urgent blood tests were requested By ████████ (GP) at lunchtime on the 28th of April 2012, yet, despite these being noted as urgent, the samples were not conveyed to the laboratory for analysis after collection by the district nurse, until a routine collection of samples was undertaken from Colwyn Bay Community Hospital later that afternoon. As a result the delay in an analysis meant that results were not provided to surgery until the following morning. Whilst the evidence indicates that changes have been made within the laboratory at Glan Clwyd to enable the immediate reporting of all cases where the CRP is greater than 300, there was no evidence available to confirm that all urgent tests could be expedited by district nurses thus alleviating potentially life threatening delays in treatment. ”
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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 Glan Clwyd Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to undertake timely urine testing for legionella

    Wider context from the report

    “1. That although it was clear upon her admission to Glan Clwyd on the 29th of May 2012 at around 16.00 hours, that she was suffering from a severe form of Community Acquired Pneumonia, and that this was recognised as being an atypical pneumonia that same evening, no urine sample was sent for analysis until overnight on the 31st of May with the confirmation of it being positive for legionella coming on the morning of the 1st of June. It is the case that treatment was already being given for the possibility of legionella from the 30th of May, but this was not against a confirmed diagnosis and therefore optimal treatment may have been delayed. ”
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