Sylvia GIBSON · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 27 Oct 2022•County Durham and Darlington

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Concerns
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Raised in this report

Recipients
1

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Responses found
1

Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
6

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of systems for conveying important information to healthcare professionals

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.6

  1. Lambton House

    Provide all senior staff with supervision on the importance of communication and documentation.

  2. Lambton House

    Require the senior care manager on duty to visually check the service user after a fall.

  3. Lambton House

    Require staff to contact appropriate medical professionals, pass observations for clinical advice, and document and follow the advice after a fall.

  4. Lambton House

    Distribute the fall-response actions to all senior staff.

  5. Lambton House

    Require completion and recording of oxygen saturation, pulse, blood pressure, temperature and respiratory-rate observations after a fall.

  6. Lambton House

    Require full documentation of every witnessed or unwitnessed fall.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of systems for conveying important information to healthcare professionals

Wider context from the report

“Although staff at Lambton House Care Home were aware of her fall in the early hours of 17th August, and this information was handed over to other staff, the same information was not conveyed to the doctor who visited Sylvia (being “not her usual self”) at around lunchtime that day. It appears that no systems were in place to ensure that important information is conveyed to healthcare professionals. Evidence does not suggest that this communications failure contributed to Sylvia’s death. ”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide all senior staff with supervision on the importance of communication and documentation.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The above actions must be followed in the event of any fall. All senior members of staff will receive a supervision on the importance of communication and documentation. They have also received a copy of the above actions.”

Source location

Response from Lambton House
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Published 31 October 2022

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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

Require the senior care manager on duty to visually check the service user after a fall.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report in relation to S Gibson, dated the 27/10/2022, the following actions have been implemented with immediate effect:”

Source location

Response from Lambton House
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Published 31 October 2022

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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

Require staff to contact appropriate medical professionals, pass observations for clinical advice, and document and follow the advice after a fall.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report in relation to S Gibson, dated the 27/10/2022, the following actions have been implemented with immediate effect:”

Source location

Response from Lambton House
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Published 31 October 2022

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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

Distribute the fall-response actions to all senior staff.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The above actions must be followed in the event of any fall. All senior members of staff will receive a supervision on the importance of communication and documentation. They have also received a copy of the above actions.”

Source location

Response from Lambton House
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Published 31 October 2022

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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

Require completion and recording of oxygen saturation, pulse, blood pressure, temperature and respiratory-rate observations after a fall.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report in relation to S Gibson, dated the 27/10/2022, the following actions have been implemented with immediate effect:”

Source location

Response from Lambton House
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Published 31 October 2022

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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

Require full documentation of every witnessed or unwitnessed fall.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report in relation to S Gibson, dated the 27/10/2022, the following actions have been implemented with immediate effect:”

Source location

Response from Lambton House
Page 1 · response
Published 31 October 2022

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