Sunflower House, Partington

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First report 10 Apr 2018•Latest report 10 Apr 2018

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%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Sunflower House, Partington linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Addressed to EAM House, now represented here by Sunflower House, Partington.

    Manchester North

    AI-generated summary

    Miss Lea Louise Hunsley · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Lea Hunsley, who had profound cerebral palsy and complex healthcare needs, became increasingly unwell while in respite care on 9 July 2016 and died after cardio-respiratory arrest at Wythenshawe Hospital Emergency Department shortly after midnight on 10 July 2016. The report identified missed opportunities to assess, escalate and intervene, and raised concerns about the facility’s lack of protocols, staff’s ability to recognise deterioration, inadequate observations and monitoring, failure to use care records appropriately, and insufficient action following a CQC inspection.

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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 Sunflower House, Partington; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to identify, recognise and act upon deteriorating patients

    Wider context from the report

    “2. Registered Nurse/s and Carers at EAM: i) lack the ability to identify, recognise and act upon the deteriorating patient; ii) in this case, did not escalate for medical review (no policy/protocol exists for the same); iii) demonstrated a poor standard of basic (physiological) observation and monitoring & iv) failed to read and use the care records appropriately (in particular, the RN did not read important/critical entries on the 9th at all). ”
    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 Sunflower House, Partington; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Poor standard of basic physiological observation and monitoring

    Wider context from the report

    “2. Registered Nurse/s and Carers at EAM: i) lack the ability to identify, recognise and act upon the deteriorating patient; ii) in this case, did not escalate for medical review (no policy/protocol exists for the same); iii) demonstrated a poor standard of basic (physiological) observation and monitoring & iv) failed to read and use the care records appropriately (in particular, the RN did not read important/critical entries on the 9th at all). ”
    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 Sunflower House, Partington; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to escalate deteriorating patients for medical review

    Wider context from the report

    “2. Registered Nurse/s and Carers at EAM: i) lack the ability to identify, recognise and act upon the deteriorating patient; ii) in this case, did not escalate for medical review (no policy/protocol exists for the same); iii) demonstrated a poor standard of basic (physiological) observation and monitoring & iv) failed to read and use the care records appropriately (in particular, the RN did not read important/critical entries on the 9th at all). ”
    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 Sunflower House, Partington; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of a serious untoward incident protocol

    Wider context from the report

    “1. EAM (a medical/nursing care facility) does not have a serious untoward incident (SUI) protocol. Responding appropriately when things go wrong in the healthcare setting is critical to improving patient/service user safety, identifying individual and systemic weaknesses, reducing avoidable harm and thus, preventing future deaths. ”
    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 Sunflower House, Partington; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to read and use care records appropriately

    Wider context from the report

    “2. Registered Nurse/s and Carers at EAM: i) lack the ability to identify, recognise and act upon the deteriorating patient; ii) in this case, did not escalate for medical review (no policy/protocol exists for the same); iii) demonstrated a poor standard of basic (physiological) observation and monitoring & iv) failed to read and use the care records appropriately (in particular, the RN did not read important/critical entries on the 9th at all). ”
    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 Sunflower House, Partington; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to implement CQC inspection recommendations and achieve sustained improvement

    Wider context from the report

    “3. CQC Inspection - insufficient action has been taken with regard to the recommendations made within the last CQC inspection. During the course of the evidence heard at inquest, EAM accepted: i) that the most recent inspection report had found the home to be inadequate on safety and requiring improvement in all other categories (effective, caring, responsive and well-led) ii) that meeting the recommendations had proved challenging but that the organisation was working with the CQC on improvements. However the Home did not demonstrate any marked or sustained improvement in any of the aforementioned areas of concern. This gives cause for concern in terms of the safety of other residents in EAM's care, whether children or adults and the prevention of serious harm/death. ”
    Open source report
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