Medway Maritime Hospital

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First report 20 Aug 2019•Latest report 23 Apr 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
3

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 Medway Maritime Hospital linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Mid Kent and Medway

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    Derek Albert RUSSELL · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Derek Albert Russell, who had a history of falls, was admitted to hospital after an unwitnessed fall and was assessed as being at high risk of further falls. Despite repeated requests, falls alarm equipment was unavailable, and he later suffered another unwitnessed fall and brain haemorrhages before developing COVID-19 and dying. The principal concern was the chronic shortage of falls alarm equipment at Medway Maritime Hospital, which increased patients’ risk of falls and serious injury and compromised clinical staff’s ability to monitor and reduce that risk.

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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 Medway Maritime Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Chronic shortages of falls alarm equipment for patients assessed as requiring it

    Wider context from the report

    “I am concerned that: (a) Patients who are assessed as requiring falls alarm equipment in future will not receive it due to chronic shortages of that equipment in the Medway Maritime Hospital. (b) By failing to provide adequate falls alarm equipment, patients are at increased risk of falling and sustaining fatal injuries (or injuries such as fractures and brain injury that can lead to immobility, susceptibility to infection and death). (c) The ability of clinical staff to monitor and reduce the risk of patients falling and sustaining fatal injuries is seriously compromised by the lack of this basic safety equipment and is putting lives at risk. ”
    Open source report

  2. Mid Kent and Medway

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    Rodney Gates · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Rodney Gates, aged 84, was struck by an HGV while crossing a road and sustained a fracture of the right proximal femur. He deteriorated from bleeding while on a hospital ward and died on 6 April 2018 despite treatment and resuscitation attempts. Concerns included missed clinical observations, low nursing staffing levels, reliance on agency nurses, limited staff experience and skills, and insufficient equipment.

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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 Medway Maritime Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Reliance on agency nurses

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) the reliance on agency nurses ”
    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 Medway Maritime Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Insufficient nursing staff numbers in A&E and on the ward

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) the overall low number of nursing staff both within the A&E department and on the ward ”
    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 Medway Maritime Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of equipment available to nursing staff on the ward

    Wider context from the report

    “(5) the lack of equipment available to nursing staff on the ward ”
    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 Medway Maritime Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to undertake required patient observations

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) the failure to undertake at all the required observations of a patient pursuant to clinical direction and / or the NEWS protocol which was directly attributable to the conditions of the nursing staff on the ward, those being - ”
    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 Medway Maritime Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of nursing staff experience and breadth of skills

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) the lack of experience and narrow spectrum of skill set of the nursing staff ”
    Open source report
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