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First report 27 Apr 2016•Latest report 27 Apr 2016

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 Linden House Surgery linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Surrey

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    Ernest Higgs · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Ernest Higgs, a resident of a nursing home, was admitted to hospital after his health deteriorated and died there on 20 January 2015 from aspiration pneumonia. Concerns included unclear and poorly recorded telephone advice from a GP, uncertainty over responsibility for recording clinical advice, and conflicting information about out-of-hours pathology services that contributed to a delay in blood testing.

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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 Linden House Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to ensure telephone clinical advice is accurately recorded and communicated in writing

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) Advice given by the GP over the telephone to make Mr Higgs “nil by mouth” was not recorded and no confirmation of that advice in writing was sent by email. There did not appear to be a safe system in place to ensure telephone advice was accurately sent and received. ”
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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 Linden House Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of clarity about responsibility for recording visiting GPs' advice in multidisciplinary notes

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) It was clear from the evidence that confusion arose over what advice had been given by the GP on the 15th January 2015. No record was made in the multi-disciplinary notes by the GP of her attendance at Milner House. Care UK the parent company of Milner House offered to liaise with their local surgeries to ensure the records were made by visiting GPs. However it appears that the BMA advice to GPs “Quality First Managing Workload To Deliver Safer Patient Care” advises against GPs filling in multi-disciplinary notes. There was no clarity about whose responsibility it was to fill in the notes. ”
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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 Linden House Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Unclear out-of-hours pathology laboratory provision for community care providers

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) There was conflicting evidence from Care UK and Epsom hospital about OOH provision at the hospital pathology laboratory for community care providers resulting in a significant delay to a diagnostic blood test being undertaken. ”
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