Nottingham Rehab Limited

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First report 15 Jan 2025•Latest report 15 Jan 2025

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Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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Reports
1

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0%

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Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. Inner North London

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    Sheila Josephine WEXLER · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Sheila Wexler lived with dementia and other significant comorbidities and died at home on 17 February 2024 from bilateral pulmonary embolism. Delays in supplying equipment and the provision of defective turning equipment significantly increased her immobility, contributing to her death. The report identified ongoing concerns about delays and defective equipment supplied by NRS Healthcare, including wider risks affecting other patients.

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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 Nottingham Rehab Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to provide and replace medical equipment with correct, functional equipment

    Wider context from the report

    “NRS Healthcare related matters: I heard evidence of a delay in delivering some of the required equipment, which in turn meant a delay in the patient being able to make use of the equipment. The delay meant that the patient’s family, carers, and the district nursing team underwent a period of time in which they were unable to provide the patient with the optimal care required in relation to the pressure ulcer. When the TOTO turning system arrived it was defective. An urgent repair/replace request was made to NRS Healthcare, which resulted in an engineer attending the patient’s home to replace the pump on 23 January 2024. However, despite advising that they had replaced the pump with a like-for-like pump, it transpired that the replacement pump was a ‘Tri-Pos Bariatric Alternating Air Cushion’ pump. This replacement pump had none of the settings that would allow the proper and effective use of the TOTO system. In this instance, the TOTO system was required to turn the patient from one side to the other every 60 minutes. I was told in evidence that equipment issues would have added to the patients ‘pain and distress’ and the fitting of the incorrect pump meant that the patient was not being turned every 60 minutes, as required. Again, this creates the risk that those caring for the patient were precluded from providing an optimal level of care. While the presence of a pressure ulcer, in itself, did not add to the underlying risk of the patient developing a pulmonary embolism, the delayed and defective equipment provided significantly increased the patient’s immobility in the weeks prior to her death. There was evidence that immobility is a major risk factor in the development of pulmonary emboli. I heard evidence that issues with delays and defective equipment from NRS Healthcare persist to date. NRS Healthcare and NHS England related matters: I heard evidence that since being awarded the contract to provide such equipment, there had been numerous and ongoing delays and ‘problems’ in the service provided by NRS Healthcare. The evidence was such that the repeated issues and concerns had actually been placed on the Trust/Integrated Care Board’s (ICBs) risk register. While I heard that there had been some improvement, I was told that the service provided was still ‘not great’. While this particular case is the first in which I have formed the opinion that delayed and defective equipment has created a risk of future deaths, I have heard similar evidence of delayed and defective equipment issues relating to NRS Healthcare in other inquests concerning different NHS Trusts and ICBs. On that basis, I am also of the opinion, given NRS Healthcare’s operations are not confined to organisations within this coroner area, that the risks posed are likely to be more widespread and that action should be taken more widely. ”
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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 Nottingham Rehab Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Delays in delivering required medical equipment

    Wider context from the report

    “NRS Healthcare related matters: I heard evidence of a delay in delivering some of the required equipment, which in turn meant a delay in the patient being able to make use of the equipment. The delay meant that the patient’s family, carers, and the district nursing team underwent a period of time in which they were unable to provide the patient with the optimal care required in relation to the pressure ulcer. When the TOTO turning system arrived it was defective. An urgent repair/replace request was made to NRS Healthcare, which resulted in an engineer attending the patient’s home to replace the pump on 23 January 2024. However, despite advising that they had replaced the pump with a like-for-like pump, it transpired that the replacement pump was a ‘Tri-Pos Bariatric Alternating Air Cushion’ pump. This replacement pump had none of the settings that would allow the proper and effective use of the TOTO system. In this instance, the TOTO system was required to turn the patient from one side to the other every 60 minutes. I was told in evidence that equipment issues would have added to the patients ‘pain and distress’ and the fitting of the incorrect pump meant that the patient was not being turned every 60 minutes, as required. Again, this creates the risk that those caring for the patient were precluded from providing an optimal level of care. While the presence of a pressure ulcer, in itself, did not add to the underlying risk of the patient developing a pulmonary embolism, the delayed and defective equipment provided significantly increased the patient’s immobility in the weeks prior to her death. There was evidence that immobility is a major risk factor in the development of pulmonary emboli. I heard evidence that issues with delays and defective equipment from NRS Healthcare persist to date. NRS Healthcare and NHS England related matters: I heard evidence that since being awarded the contract to provide such equipment, there had been numerous and ongoing delays and ‘problems’ in the service provided by NRS Healthcare. The evidence was such that the repeated issues and concerns had actually been placed on the Trust/Integrated Care Board’s (ICBs) risk register. While I heard that there had been some improvement, I was told that the service provided was still ‘not great’. While this particular case is the first in which I have formed the opinion that delayed and defective equipment has created a risk of future deaths, I have heard similar evidence of delayed and defective equipment issues relating to NRS Healthcare in other inquests concerning different NHS Trusts and ICBs. On that basis, I am also of the opinion, given NRS Healthcare’s operations are not confined to organisations within this coroner area, that the risks posed are likely to be more widespread and that action should be taken more widely. ”
    Open source report
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