Sufia Begum · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 19 Sep 2018•Birmingham and Solihull

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This report’s concerns and statements found in recipients’ published responses. Statements are included even where no link to an individual concern is recorded. A link shows an evidence connection; it does not assign responsibility.

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Concerns
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Recipients
2

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Responses found
2

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Stated actions
5

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of doctors’ awareness of the BNF mobile device app for identifying potential drug interactions
    Part of recurring concern: Incomplete medication safety guidance for prescribers

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.5

  1. NHS England

    Distribute learning from the case across West Midlands CCGs and providers through the Mortality group.

  2. NHS England

    Distribute anonymised case details to all West Midlands GPs through the regular appraisal newsletter.

  3. NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

    Publish and circulate a Medicines Newsletter alert promoting use of the BNF App to check drug interactions when clinical-system checking is unavailable.

  4. NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

    Work with Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust to obtain assurance that preventive actions are completed.

  5. NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

    Notify contracted NHS providers, including walk-in and urgent care centres, to avoid drug interactions and provide assurance this has been addressed.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of doctors’ awareness of the BNF mobile device app for identifying potential drug interactions

Wider context from the report

“1. I heard evidence at the inquest that the most useful tool to identify potential drug interactions was the BNF mobile device APP. The author of the RCA confirmed that not all doctors were aware of the APP. An alert to all NHS Trusts and GPs would provide this valuable information which may prevent a future death from an unknown drug interaction. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Incomplete medication safety guidance for prescribers.

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Distribute learning from the case across West Midlands CCGs and providers through the Mortality group.

Verbatim wording from the response

“3. NHS England has already distributed learning across all CCGs and Providers in the West Midlands via shared learning at the West Midlands Mortality group meeting held on 16th October 2018.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Distribute anonymised case details to all West Midlands GPs through the regular appraisal newsletter.

Verbatim wording from the response

“2. NHS England will ensure the details of this case are anonymised and distributed across all GPs in the West Midlands via its regular appraisal newsletter.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Publish and circulate a Medicines Newsletter alert promoting use of the BNF App to check drug interactions when clinical-system checking is unavailable.

Verbatim wording from the response

“On 14th November the CCG included the following alert in its monthly Medicines Newsletter:”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Work with Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust to obtain assurance that preventive actions are completed.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The CCG had been alerted to Mrs Begum’s death through its serious incident reporting process, which requires care providers to report serious incidents in accordance with NHS England Serious Incident Reporting Framework (2015). In response to that report the CCG has contacted Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust to seek assurance that actions have taken to prevent a recurrence of this situation, and we continue to work with the Trust to ensure that these actions are completed.”

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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

Notify contracted NHS providers, including walk-in and urgent care centres, to avoid drug interactions and provide assurance this has been addressed.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The CCG wrote, at the end of October, to all of its contracted NHS providers to notify them of the need to avoid drug interactions and to seek assurance that this has been addressed. This was followed on 2nd November by a letter to primary care providers of walk in centres and urgent care treatment centres notifying the same.”

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