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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon

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    Audrey Christine DAWS · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Audrey Christine Daws was admitted to Derriford Hospital with chest pain and other symptoms, but her chest X-ray was delayed and its result was not identified promptly. The X-ray eventually showed air under the diaphragm indicating a perforation; she underwent surgery, deteriorated and died. The principal concerns were inadequate handover of outstanding investigations and delays in ordering, performing and reviewing the X-ray.

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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 Son of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to hand over outstanding investigations and required result checks during staff shift changes

    Wider context from the report

    “1. Handover of Information. The need for Mrs Daws to undergo a chest X-ray and for the result to be checked appears to have been lost as medical staff have changed at the end/start of consecutive shifts. You may wish to consider whether there needs to be a formal handover in respect of every patient where outstanding investigations are highlighted. ”
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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 Son of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to identify and address prolonged delays in urgent investigations

    Wider context from the report

    “2. A chest X-ray should have been ordered at the time of Mrs Daws admission into the emergency department. One was ordered approximately four hours later but it was not performed for nearly 17 hours. This was described as “inexplicable” during the Inquest hearing. It is plainly undesirable for an investigation that is considered urgent to be delayed for so long without anyone identifying the issue. Related to this issue is that once the X-ray was performed, the result was not seen by medical staff for over 24 hours. No satisfactory explanation was put forward as to why this occurred. ”
    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 Son of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to order an indicated chest X-ray promptly on emergency department admission

    Wider context from the report

    “2. A chest X-ray should have been ordered at the time of Mrs Daws admission into the emergency department. One was ordered approximately four hours later but it was not performed for nearly 17 hours. This was described as “inexplicable” during the Inquest hearing. It is plainly undesirable for an investigation that is considered urgent to be delayed for so long without anyone identifying the issue. Related to this issue is that once the X-ray was performed, the result was not seen by medical staff for over 24 hours. No satisfactory explanation was put forward as to why this occurred. ”
    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 Son of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Delays in performing urgent investigations

    Wider context from the report

    “2. A chest X-ray should have been ordered at the time of Mrs Daws admission into the emergency department. One was ordered approximately four hours later but it was not performed for nearly 17 hours. This was described as “inexplicable” during the Inquest hearing. It is plainly undesirable for an investigation that is considered urgent to be delayed for so long without anyone identifying the issue. Related to this issue is that once the X-ray was performed, the result was not seen by medical staff for over 24 hours. No satisfactory explanation was put forward as to why this occurred. ”
    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 Son of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Delays in medical review of investigation results

    Wider context from the report

    “2. A chest X-ray should have been ordered at the time of Mrs Daws admission into the emergency department. One was ordered approximately four hours later but it was not performed for nearly 17 hours. This was described as “inexplicable” during the Inquest hearing. It is plainly undesirable for an investigation that is considered urgent to be delayed for so long without anyone identifying the issue. Related to this issue is that once the X-ray was performed, the result was not seen by medical staff for over 24 hours. No satisfactory explanation was put forward as to why this occurred. ”
    Open source report
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