Jake Thomas PERRY · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 1 Apr 2020•Herefordshire

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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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Raised in this report

Recipients
1

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Responses found
2

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Stated actions
9

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Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Lack of a named local hospital Consultant for patients with conditions overseen by another hospital
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to maintain clear clinical responsibility for patient care
  2. Failure to consult the overseeing hospital’s relevant specialist department when admitted patients have conditions overseen by another hospital
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to obtain timely specialist clinical advice when local expertise is insufficient

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.9

  1. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    Share the case findings with the National Homecare Medicines Committee and the national lead for outsourced medicines.

  2. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    Provide a synopsis of lessons learned from the case to pharmacy professionals nationally.

  3. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    Recommend a national standardised electronic prescribing system for Parenteral Nutrition.

  4. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    Implement national Homecare Medicines best-practice guidance in internal processes.

  5. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    Submit evidence, including lessons from the case, to the national review of aseptic-service safety and resilience.

  6. Wye Valley NHS Trust

    Operate divisional standard operating procedures requiring named local consultants and consultation with relevant specialist departments at the overseeing hospital.

  7. Wye Valley NHS Trust

    Implement the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health situational-awareness programme on the ward.

  8. Wye Valley NHS Trust

    Develop an open-access standard operating procedure for the children’s ward.

  9. Wye Valley NHS Trust

    Develop patient information proformas covering involved professionals and admission management plans, with annual consultant review and updating.

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

  1. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    The Trust cannot mandate a single electronic PN prescription format because changing the market requires an NHS England mandate.

    Unable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.
  2. Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

    Standard PN bags are not suitable for home use because vitamin additions, aseptic handling and shelf-life limitations create safety and practicality constraints.

    Unable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of a named local hospital Consultant for patients with conditions overseen by another hospital

Wider context from the report

“Concern relates to the variation of the Parenteral Nutrition and communication 1. Patients with a medical condition overseen by another hospital should have a named Consultant at their local hospital. 2. Where a patient is admitted and has a medical condition overseen by another hospital the specialist department (generally involved in the patient’s care) of the overseeing hospital (in addition to any other specialist hospital or department) should be consulted. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to maintain clear clinical responsibility for patient care.

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How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to consult the overseeing hospital’s relevant specialist department when admitted patients have conditions overseen by another hospital

Wider context from the report

“Concern relates to the variation of the Parenteral Nutrition and communication 1. Patients with a medical condition overseen by another hospital should have a named Consultant at their local hospital. 2. Where a patient is admitted and has a medical condition overseen by another hospital the specialist department (generally involved in the patient’s care) of the overseeing hospital (in addition to any other specialist hospital or department) should be consulted. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to obtain timely specialist clinical advice when local expertise is insufficient.

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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

Share the case findings with the National Homecare Medicines Committee and the national lead for outsourced medicines.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The findings will also be shared with the National Homecare Medicines Committee who have input into the national framework for the procurement of homecare products. The national lead for outsourced medicines has advised the Trust on improvements following the incident involving Jake’s Parenteral Nutrition and will also receive a copy of the lessons learnt.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide a synopsis of lessons learned from the case to pharmacy professionals nationally.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Furthermore, the Trust’s Chief Pharmacist has been asked by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer of England to provide a synopsis of the lessons learnt in Jake’s case for pharmacy professionals nationally. There are mechanisms for sharing such learning through a number of networks including the All England Chief Pharmacists’ Network, Medication Safety Officer Network and through presentations at local and national professional meetings.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Recommend a national standardised electronic prescribing system for Parenteral Nutrition.

Verbatim wording from the response

“We have recommended a national standardised electronic prescribing system for Parenteral Nutrition as we noted that there needed to be improved communication between Trusts and suppliers, specifically with clarity on responsibilities. This issue was also highlighted within our RCA.”

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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

Implement national Homecare Medicines best-practice guidance in internal processes.

Verbatim wording from the response

“You are aware that immediately following this incident, the Trust commissioned an investigation into the care and treatment that we provided to Jake. Following the investigation of this incident a significant amount of work has been undertaken by the Trust to improve our own internal processes. We have ensured that national guidance such as that the best practice guidance on Homecare medicines, issued in 2011 and known as ‘the Hackett Report’, has been put into place. For ease of reference, the relevant sections within the report are reproduced below:”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Submit evidence, including lessons from the case, to the national review of aseptic-service safety and resilience.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Improvements have also been made to the National framework. There is a national review being undertaken on the safety and resilience of aseptic services, including the production of home Parenteral Nutrition. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has submitted evidence to this review on various aspects of paediatric services including the lessons learnt directly from Jake’s case.”

Source location

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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

Operate divisional standard operating procedures requiring named local consultants and consultation with relevant specialist departments at the overseeing hospital.

Verbatim wording from the response

“1. Patients with a medical condition overseen by another hospital should have a named consultant at their local hospital.”

Source location

2020-0091-Response-from-Wye-Valley-NHS-Trust_Redacted
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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

Implement the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health situational-awareness programme on the ward.

Verbatim wording from the response

“5. The “situational awareness for everyone programme”, designed by the Royal College of paediatrics and Child health would be implemented on the ward.”

Source location

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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

Develop an open-access standard operating procedure for the children’s ward.

Verbatim wording from the response

“4. An open access standard operating procedure would be developed.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Develop patient information proformas covering involved professionals and admission management plans, with annual consultant review and updating.

Verbatim wording from the response

“1. To improve the information held on patients with open access to the children’s ward.”

Source location

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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

The Trust cannot mandate a single electronic PN prescription format because changing the market requires an NHS England mandate.

Verbatim wording from the response

“As you are aware, we have reflected upon Jake’s sad and untimely death in detail and we have put measures in place in an attempt to prevent any recurrence of such an incident. In order to strengthen the measures we have put in place locally, the Trust considers that computerised prescription should be used throughout the ordering process of PN. However, unfortunately, the Trust is not in a position to effect such a change in the market; the requirement for a single format electronic prescription for PN would require a mandate by NHS England.”

Source location

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Standard PN bags are not suitable for home use because vitamin additions, aseptic handling and shelf-life limitations create safety and practicality constraints.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Standard PN bags are used for children and young people in hospital on a short term basis only. This is in order to reduce the risk of ordering errors, as well as the risk of compounding errors in the hospital pharmacy, which deals with many different PN prescriptions on a daily basis. These commercially batch-produced standardised PN bags require an addition of parenteral multi-vitamins shortly before infusion. This is a limitation that requires proper handling to assure aseptic conditions and to avoid errors and as a consequence is not an option available for home use. Moreover, the inclusion of various trace elements may shorten the shelf life of the standard bag.”

Source location

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