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First report 15 Oct 2013•Latest report 15 Apr 2025

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

  1. Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

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    Samuel Joseph BROOKES · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Samuel Joseph Brookes was discharged home after a hospital admission following a fall and long lie, but his required care was not rearranged. He was immobile, lived alone, and was left unattended for two weeks without access to his pendant alarm or mobile phone; he was then found unresponsive and deceased. The principal concerns were the failure to arrange and document his care, the lack of a process requiring confirmation of his safe return, and his inability to raise an alarm or call for help.

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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Lack of documentation or process demonstrating rearrangement of care

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) There was no record or documentation or process to show or demonstrate that the care had been rearranged. ”
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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to rearrange required care before arranging transportation home

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) The hospital arranged for Mr Brookes transportation home without rearranging the required care as set out in paragraph 4 above. ”
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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to ensure access to an alarm pendant or mobile phone for summoning help

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) Mr Brookes did not have his alarm pendant around his neck and nor was his mobile phone available (it was in another room). Accordingly when Mr Brookes got into difficulty he could not raise the alarm or call for help. ”
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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to require notification of safe return to the hospital or care company

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) The transport company were responsible for transportation only and were not required to notify either the hospital, or if known, the care company of Mr Brookes’ safe return. It proceeded on the basis or assumption that care would have restarted within 4 hours or sooner. ”
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  2. Black Country

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    Mrs Natalie Billingham · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Mrs Natalie Billingham was admitted to hospital with worsening foot pain, later developed necrotising fasciitis, underwent emergency surgery including a through-knee amputation, and died on the evening of 2 March 2018. The report identified concerns about inadequate communication and delays in reviewing abnormal blood results, recognising sepsis, and administering antibiotics.

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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Delays in assessing available blood results

    Wider context from the report

    “1. Evidence emerged during the inquest that there was inadequate communication and delays in assessing the blood results when available. There were also missed opportunities for administering antibiotics at an earlier stage and recognising the development of sepsis. ”
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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to administer antibiotics at an earlier stage

    Wider context from the report

    “1. Evidence emerged during the inquest that there was inadequate communication and delays in assessing the blood results when available. There were also missed opportunities for administering antibiotics at an earlier stage and recognising the development of sepsis. ”
    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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to recognise the development of sepsis

    Wider context from the report

    “1. Evidence emerged during the inquest that there was inadequate communication and delays in assessing the blood results when available. There were also missed opportunities for administering antibiotics at an earlier stage and recognising the development of sepsis. ”
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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Inadequate communication

    Wider context from the report

    “1. Evidence emerged during the inquest that there was inadequate communication and delays in assessing the blood results when available. There were also missed opportunities for administering antibiotics at an earlier stage and recognising the development of sepsis. ”
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  3. Addressed to: Medical Director, Russells Hall Hospital.

    Black Country

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    Lucy KILVERT · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Lucy KILVERT was taken to hospital on 14 June 2013 after falling at home on 10 June and subsequently deteriorating; she had hit her head and was taking blood-thinning medication. The principal concern was that she did not initially receive a head CT scan, which was performed about eight hours after hospital presentation and revealed an intracranial bleed; the report also noted possible shortcomings in how the significance of blood-thinning medication was emphasised in the relevant guidelines.

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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    NICE Guidelines insufficiently emphasising blood-thinning medication in elderly people who have a fall when determining the need for a head CT

    Wider context from the report

    “namely that Mrs Kilvert was not initially at the hospital given a CT scan of the head. It was not performed until about 8 hours after presentation at hospital and revealed an intracranial bleed. The medical cause of death was :- 1a) Intracranial bleed, II Chronic Kidney Failure Hypertension Heart Valve Replacement. As it turned out neurological intervention would not have been appropriate even if a brain bleed had been discovered immediately. I was told by the consultant in emergency medicine who gave evidence, that although the NICE Guidelines were considered, the clinical judgment of the senior house officer who saw her initially was that there was no reason to suspect a bleed, although the consultant said that his judgment may have been different. The consultant felt that the Guidelines possibly insufficiently emphasised the significance of blood thinning medication in elderly people who had a fall when considering whether a CT scan of the head was necessary, albeit that eventually the matter was a question of clinical judgment. ”
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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 Russells Hall Hospital; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Delays in performing a CT scan of the head after hospital presentation

    Wider context from the report

    “namely that Mrs Kilvert was not initially at the hospital given a CT scan of the head. It was not performed until about 8 hours after presentation at hospital and revealed an intracranial bleed. The medical cause of death was :- 1a) Intracranial bleed, II Chronic Kidney Failure Hypertension Heart Valve Replacement. As it turned out neurological intervention would not have been appropriate even if a brain bleed had been discovered immediately. I was told by the consultant in emergency medicine who gave evidence, that although the NICE Guidelines were considered, the clinical judgment of the senior house officer who saw her initially was that there was no reason to suspect a bleed, although the consultant said that his judgment may have been different. The consultant felt that the Guidelines possibly insufficiently emphasised the significance of blood thinning medication in elderly people who had a fall when considering whether a CT scan of the head was necessary, albeit that eventually the matter was a question of clinical judgment. ”
    Open source report
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