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Ronald Frank JONES · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 23 Nov 2017•Portsmouth and South East Hampshire

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Concerns
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Recipients
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Responses found
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Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of first aid training for staff involved with residents in sheltered housing schemes
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate staff competence to provide first aid
Responses linked to these concerns

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

  1. Action

    Provide sheltered housing staff with responding-to-accidents-and-sudden-illness training.

    Stated by Portsmouth City CouncilStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 27 February 2018.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Position

    Additional first-aid training for sheltered housing staff is not required because their existing role-specific training is adequate and trained responders provide lifting support.

    Stated by Portsmouth City CouncilExisting arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of first aid training for staff involved with residents in sheltered housing schemes

Wider context from the report

“I was told in evidence at Mr JONES inquest that following his fall, he was moved to his bed by personnel who had not undergone first aid training as this had been discontinued by Portsmouth City Council. If persons are moved following a fall, unless this is done correctly, there is a risk that they may be injured or their existing injuries exacerbated, potentially fatally. The Council should consider re-activating this training for all staff involved with residents in the City council's sheltered housing schemes. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate staff competence to provide first aid.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide sheltered housing staff with responding-to-accidents-and-sudden-illness training.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The sheltered housing staff only provide housing related support to help residents maintain independent living in our sheltered housing schemes. All sheltered housing staff attend a 'responding to accidents and sudden illness' course which covers the typical type of incidents that arise in the schemes. All sheltered housing staff receive 'handling people' training which involves both theoretical and practical training. This training takes place for new members of staff and then every member of staff attends refresher training on this topic every 3 years. In addition to this, sheltered housing staff undertake Falls Prevention Awareness training which looks at risks and how these can be minimised.”

Source location

2017-0416-Response-by-Portsmouth-City-Council
Page 1 · response
Published 27 February 2018

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Additional first-aid training for sheltered housing staff is not required because their existing role-specific training is adequate and trained responders provide lifting support.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In light of these findings it does not seem that additional training in first aid for Portsmouth City Council Housing sheltered housing staff teams is required. The training they have is tailored to their role and responsibilities. The Night Responder Team who did attend to Mr Jones do have the appropriate training to lift Mr Jones and are first aid trained.”

Source location

2017-0416-Response-by-Portsmouth-City-Council
Page 3 · response
Published 27 February 2018

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Other statements in published responses

These actions and other statements could not be clearly connected to one concern in this report.

Recipient-stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.2

  1. 1

    Provide sheltered housing staff with handling-people training for new staff and refresher training every three years.

    Stated by Portsmouth City CouncilStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 27 February 2018.
  2. 2

    Provide sheltered housing staff with Falls Prevention Awareness training on identifying and minimising risks.

    Stated by Portsmouth City CouncilStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 27 February 2018.

Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide sheltered housing staff with handling-people training for new staff and refresher training every three years.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The sheltered housing staff only provide housing related support to help residents maintain independent living in our sheltered housing schemes. All sheltered housing staff attend a 'responding to accidents and sudden illness' course which covers the typical type of incidents that arise in the schemes. All sheltered housing staff receive 'handling people' training which involves both theoretical and practical training. This training takes place for new members of staff and then every member of staff attends refresher training on this topic every 3 years. In addition to this, sheltered housing staff undertake Falls Prevention Awareness training which looks at risks and how these can be minimised.”

Source location

2017-0416-Response-by-Portsmouth-City-Council
Page 1 · response
Published 27 February 2018

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide sheltered housing staff with Falls Prevention Awareness training on identifying and minimising risks.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The sheltered housing staff only provide housing related support to help residents maintain independent living in our sheltered housing schemes. All sheltered housing staff attend a 'responding to accidents and sudden illness' course which covers the typical type of incidents that arise in the schemes. All sheltered housing staff receive 'handling people' training which involves both theoretical and practical training. This training takes place for new members of staff and then every member of staff attends refresher training on this topic every 3 years. In addition to this, sheltered housing staff undertake Falls Prevention Awareness training which looks at risks and how these can be minimised.”

Source location

2017-0416-Response-by-Portsmouth-City-Council
Page 1 · response
Published 27 February 2018

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