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David Alfred CURRY · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 25 Jul 2024•Norfolk

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Concerns
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Recipients
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Responses found
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Stated actions
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Concerns raised1

  1. Failure to provide timely urgent ureteroscopy within the P2 timescale
Responses linked to these concerns

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

  1. Position

    Elective capacity and theatre use are overseen through the relevant ICB’s Elective Recovery Board and participating Trusts.

    Stated by Department of Health and Social CareRedirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to provide timely urgent ureteroscopy within the P2 timescale

Wider context from the report

“2. Mr Curry required timely management; coded as Priority (P) 2. P2 is used to denote the ideal time frame for performing surgery and in the event of this procedure, P2 timescale typically means within 4 weeks. 3. Evidence was heard that the risk of post operative urinary infection and sepsis is increased by prolonged stent dwell time. 4. Due to a lack of theatre capacity, Mr Curry did not receive a date for the proposed procedure at the NHS Trust and some five months following the initial procedure he approached Spire Norwich Hospital on 5 September 2023. The procedure was carried out on 15 September 2023. ”

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Elective capacity and theatre use are overseen through the relevant ICB’s Elective Recovery Board and participating Trusts.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In preparing this response, Departmental officials have made enquiries with NHS England (NHSE). NHSE has raised your concerns directly with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) relevant to this case (Norfolk and Waveney ICB).”

Source location

Response from DHSC
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Published 1 August 2024

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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Monitoring and mitigating harm from elective waiting lists is assigned to Trust and ICB clinical harm review groups.

Verbatim wording from the response

“With regards to your concern over the increased risks of long waiting times for elective treatment, the Trust has a Clinical Harm Review Group which oversees compliance with guidelines for monitoring and mitigating the risk of harm to people on waiting lists. The ICB has recently established a System Clinical Harms Review Group with an overarching aim of keeping people on elective waiting lists safe. The Group will bring together key partners to share learning and reduce unwarranted variation in clinical harm review processes across the ICS, including clinical prioritisation processes which would have impacted this case. The Group will also highlight to the ERB any themes emerging in terms of harms to be reviewed, so such harms can be mitigated for future patients. In future, the Group will expand and provide further ‘waiting well’ initiatives alongside the current harm review processes.”

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Response from DHSC
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Published 1 August 2024

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Other statements in published responses

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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

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    Provide regional and national support and scrutiny to challenged trusts with large elective-treatment backlogs, including NNUH.

    Stated by Department of Health and Social CareStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 1 August 2024.
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    Achieve the NHS Constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by the end of this Parliament.

    Stated by Department of Health and Social CareStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 1 August 2024.

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide regional and national support and scrutiny to challenged trusts with large elective-treatment backlogs, including NNUH.

Verbatim wording from the response

“It is unacceptable that some patients are waiting five months or more for elective treatment. The NHS and the Department are providing regional and national support and scrutiny to the most challenged Trusts with the largest backlogs of long waiters, including NNUH.”

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Response from DHSC
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Published 1 August 2024

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Achieve the NHS Constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by the end of this Parliament.

Verbatim wording from the response

“I want to assure you that tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission and a top priority for this government, as we get the NHS back on its feet. We have committed to achieving the NHS Constitutional standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT), by the end of this parliament.”

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Response from DHSC
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Published 1 August 2024

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