Wychall Lane Surgery

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First report 15 Jul 2016•Latest report 15 Jul 2016

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
Published responses: 100%
Concerns addressed: 5
Stated actions: 3

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Wychall Lane Surgery linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

15 Jul2016
Birmingham and Solihull
Concerns raised5
1. Insufficient resuscitation expertise in GP practices
2. Inadequate ventilation during resuscitation in GP practices
3. Insufficient emergency equipment in GP practices
1. Failure to provide oxygen during resuscitation in GP practices
2. Failure to use suction during resuscitation in GP practices
Actions described in response 1
1. Action
  Provide defibrillator, oxygen, oximeter and recommended CPR equipment for managing medical emergencies in the practice.
Respondent positions 2
1. Position
  GP practices do not need to maintain suction equipment because its use is extremely rare and competence would be difficult to maintain.
  No action considered necessary
1. Position
  General practice is not an emergency service and is not contracted, equipped or organised to deliver team-based emergency care.
  Outside remit
AI-generated summary

Sydney Mya Neil · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Sydney Mya Neil suffered from severe brittle asthma and died at Birmingham Children's Hospital after collapsing at a GP surgery following breathing difficulties. The report raised concerns about inadequate ventilation, lack of suction and lack of oxygen during resuscitation, and whether GP practices have sufficient expertise and equipment for emergencies.

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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 Wychall Lane Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Insufficient resuscitation expertise in GP practices
Wider context from the report
“Once Sydney collapsed in the GP surgery there was inadequate ventilation for 8 minutes. No suction was used nor was oxygen provided. I am concerned about the level of expertise in GP practices when resuscitation is required and whether they have sufficient equipment to deal with emergency situations. ”
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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 Wychall Lane Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Inadequate ventilation during resuscitation in GP practices
Wider context from the report
“Once Sydney collapsed in the GP surgery there was inadequate ventilation for 8 minutes. No suction was used nor was oxygen provided. I am concerned about the level of expertise in GP practices when resuscitation is required and whether they have sufficient equipment to deal with emergency situations. ”
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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 Wychall Lane Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Insufficient emergency equipment in GP practices
Wider context from the report
“Once Sydney collapsed in the GP surgery there was inadequate ventilation for 8 minutes. No suction was used nor was oxygen provided. I am concerned about the level of expertise in GP practices when resuscitation is required and whether they have sufficient equipment to deal with emergency situations. ”
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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 Wychall Lane Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to provide oxygen during resuscitation in GP practices
Wider context from the report
“Once Sydney collapsed in the GP surgery there was inadequate ventilation for 8 minutes. No suction was used nor was oxygen provided. I am concerned about the level of expertise in GP practices when resuscitation is required and whether they have sufficient equipment to deal with emergency situations. ”
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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 Wychall Lane Surgery; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to use suction during resuscitation in GP practices
Wider context from the report
“Once Sydney collapsed in the GP surgery there was inadequate ventilation for 8 minutes. No suction was used nor was oxygen provided. I am concerned about the level of expertise in GP practices when resuscitation is required and whether they have sufficient equipment to deal with emergency situations. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Provide defibrillator, oxygen, oximeter and recommended CPR equipment for managing medical emergencies in the practice.

Verbatim wording from the response
“It suggests agreed principles for defibrillators, oxygen and oximeters (attachment 3). We have these at the practice.”

Source location
2016-0256-Response-by-Wychall-Lane-Surgery
Page 2 · response
Published 15 July 2016
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
GP practices do not need to maintain suction equipment because its use is extremely rare and competence would be difficult to maintain.

Verbatim wording from the response
“We have met with Birmingham South Central CCG and after a detailed significant event analysis they have stated:- “All organisations providing primary care should also have appropriate equipment and drugs for managing other life-threatening emergencies (e.g. anaphylaxis). The CCG would expect all staff to be trained to deliver basic CPR to patients, to have this training updated on a regular basis and have appropriate protocols in place to deal with such emergencies. In respect of suction being available, the CCG view would be that there would be no requirement for GP practices to have suction available on a regular basis as the use of such equipment would be extremely rare and it would be difficult for GPs to maintain their competence in using this type of equipment.”

Source location
2016-0256-Response-by-Wychall-Lane-Surgery
Page 2 · response
Published 15 July 2016
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
General practice is not an emergency service and is not contracted, equipped or organised to deliver team-based emergency care.

Verbatim wording from the response
“We have taken advice from the Local Medical Committee and General Practice Committee (GPC) of the BMA who commissioned ████████ who is a senior GP who has held roles including provision of and teaching of immediate care, now known as Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine and is chair of BASICS Education Ltd, who aim to improve emergency care outside hospital, to comment on the care the Practice provided to Miss Neil and provide his general thoughts on this incident. He states general practice and general practitioners are not an emergency service…… General practitioners who very, very infrequently have to deal with life threatening emergencies and are neither equipped, contracted nor organised to deliver such team based emergency care.”

Source location
2016-0256-Response-by-Wychall-Lane-Surgery
Page 2 · response
Published 15 July 2016
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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised5

Insufficient resuscitation expertise in GP practices

Inadequate ventilation during resuscitation in GP practices

Insufficient emergency equipment in GP practices

Failure to provide oxygen during resuscitation in GP practices

Failure to use suction during resuscitation in GP practices

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

Actions described in response 1

Respondent positions 2