Michael Vukovic · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 29 Jan 2018•Inner South London

Published report and response evidence

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
3

Raised in this report

Recipients
1

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised3

  1. Failure of the Home Treatment Team to see referred patients
    Part of recurring concern: Unreliable community Home Treatment Team care pathways
  2. Failure to ensure contact with referred drug and alcohol services
  3. Discharge from hospital without follow-up
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to provide timely and adequate follow-up after dischargePart of recurring concern: Unreliable hospital discharge processes

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.3

  1. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

    The patient was not referred to the Home Treatment Team, so the concern that he was referred but not seen is factually incorrect.

    Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
  2. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

    Discharge without follow-up was considered sufficient because the family knew how to access crisis support if required.

    Existing arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.
  3. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

    Engagement with external drug and alcohol support services was the individual's responsibility rather than Oxleas' responsibility to secure.

    Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure of the Home Treatment Team to see referred patients

Wider context from the report

“My specific concerns are as follows: (1) ████████ evidence that Mr Vukovic was referred to the Home Treatment Team but was never in fact seen by that team. (2) The referral to Lifeline required Mr Vukovic to make the initial contact himself. He did not do so, and Oxleas did not check whether or not he had done so. The evidence was that if he had been under the care of the HTT he would have been encouraged to engage with Lifeline. (3) The result was that Mr Vukovic was discharged from hospital without follow up. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Unreliable community Home Treatment Team care pathways.

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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. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to ensure contact with referred drug and alcohol services

Wider context from the report

“My specific concerns are as follows: (1) ████████ evidence that Mr Vukovic was referred to the Home Treatment Team but was never in fact seen by that team. (2) The referral to Lifeline required Mr Vukovic to make the initial contact himself. He did not do so, and Oxleas did not check whether or not he had done so. The evidence was that if he had been under the care of the HTT he would have been encouraged to engage with Lifeline. (3) The result was that Mr Vukovic was discharged from hospital without follow up. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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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. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Discharge from hospital without follow-up

Wider context from the report

“My specific concerns are as follows: (1) ████████ evidence that Mr Vukovic was referred to the Home Treatment Team but was never in fact seen by that team. (2) The referral to Lifeline required Mr Vukovic to make the initial contact himself. He did not do so, and Oxleas did not check whether or not he had done so. The evidence was that if he had been under the care of the HTT he would have been encouraged to engage with Lifeline. (3) The result was that Mr Vukovic was discharged from hospital without follow up. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to provide timely and adequate follow-up after discharge; Unreliable hospital discharge processes.

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

The patient was not referred to the Home Treatment Team, so the concern that he was referred but not seen is factually incorrect.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(1) Dr Apio’s evidence was that Mr Vukovic was referred to the Home Treatment Team but was never in fact seen by that team.”

Source location

Michael-Vukovic-Response
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Published 8 June 2018

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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

Discharge without follow-up was considered sufficient because the family knew how to access crisis support if required.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(3) Mr Vukovic was discharged from hospital without follow up.”

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Michael-Vukovic-Response
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Published 8 June 2018

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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

Engagement with external drug and alcohol support services was the individual's responsibility rather than Oxleas' responsibility to secure.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Although Mr Vukovic was on a Greenwich ward, he had a Bexley GP. Lifeline would therefore not have been able to provide support. The support worker form Lifeline who visited Mr Vukovic on the ward provided him with the details of Pier Road. Pier Road is a service external to Oxleas that supports Bexley residents with drug and alcohol issues. The crux is with this and other similar services on the individual to engage.”

Source location

Michael-Vukovic-Response
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Published 8 June 2018

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