Marcie Joan TADMAN · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 13 Mar 2019•Avon

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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
2

Raised in this report

Recipients
2

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 2 recipients

Stated actions
3

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Lack of second consultant review on the paediatric ward
    Part of recurring concern: Delays in consultant review of patients
  2. Unavailability of a paediatric High Dependency Unit facility

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.3

  1. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    Continue reviewing other actions and improvements identified during the inquest.

  2. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    Improve paediatric ward handover documentation to increase children’s safety.

  3. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    Share a briefing paper with commissioners detailing staffing, equipment and ward redesign requirements for paediatric critical care.

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

  1. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    Delivery of the proposed Paediatric Critical Care Unit and twice-daily ward rounds depends on commissioners supporting the plans and funding.

    Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
  2. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    A second consultant ward round cannot be delivered immediately because it depends on establishing a Paediatric Critical Care Unit.

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

Lack of second consultant review on the paediatric ward

Wider context from the report

“• I heard from the independent expert Dr. Ninis that the only opportunity for Marcie to be picked up with fresh eyes would have been at another ward. I understand that this would be an opportunity for a Consultant to take a step back and review the notes, charts, PEWS and results; examine the patient and to make a plan. In Marcie’s case everyone agreed that all of the information was there in her records but no one carried out this exercise; there was and is no second word round on the paediatric ward at the RUH. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Delays in consultant review of patients.

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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

Unavailability of a paediatric High Dependency Unit facility

Wider context from the report

“• I was also made aware at the inquest that there is no High Dependency Unit (HDU) facility on the RUH paediatric ward for children in their care and this was something that they were hoping to provide but needed to create a business case to the Accountable Offices for BANES CCG for this. In Marcie’s case she should/would have been placed in such a unit had one been at the RUH at the time. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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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

Continue reviewing other actions and improvements identified during the inquest.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The RUH would like to offer its assurances that it continues to review the other actions and improvements identified during this tragic inquest and it is satisfied that the improvements already made to matters such as handover documentation have increased the safety of the children on the paediatric ward.”

Source location

2019-0118-Response-by-Royal-United-Hospitals-Bath-NHS-Trust
Page 2 · response
Published 9 June 2019

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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

Improve paediatric ward handover documentation to increase children’s safety.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The RUH would like to offer its assurances that it continues to review the other actions and improvements identified during this tragic inquest and it is satisfied that the improvements already made to matters such as handover documentation have increased the safety of the children on the paediatric ward.”

Source location

2019-0118-Response-by-Royal-United-Hospitals-Bath-NHS-Trust
Page 2 · response
Published 9 June 2019

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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

Share a briefing paper with commissioners detailing staffing, equipment and ward redesign requirements for paediatric critical care.

Verbatim wording from the response

“As the Learned Coroner also raised concern about the lack of a permanent paediatric High Dependency Unit (referred to here as Paediatric Critical Care), the Trust has, on 21st May 2019, shared a briefing paper with its commissioners, detailing what would be required to deliver paediatric critical care. This sets out a requirement to do the following:”

Source location

2019-0118-Response-by-Royal-United-Hospitals-Bath-NHS-Trust
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Published 9 June 2019

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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

Delivery of the proposed Paediatric Critical Care Unit and twice-daily ward rounds depends on commissioners supporting the plans and funding.

Verbatim wording from the response

“If the Trust’s Commissioners are satisfied with the Trust’s proposals, the RUH are aiming to deliver not only twice daily consultant ward rounds, but paediatric high dependency care by Winter 2019. The position of the Commissioners will be set out in their response to the Regulation 28 Report forwarded to them, however, if they”

Source location

2019-0118-Response-by-Royal-United-Hospitals-Bath-NHS-Trust
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Published 9 June 2019

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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

A second consultant ward round cannot be delivered immediately because it depends on establishing a Paediatric Critical Care Unit.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Trust has identified that an additional consultant evening session (4 hours) would be required each day to enable it to deliver a second ward round which would not only encompass new admissions but any patient about whom a concern had been raised, including patients receiving critical care. This is not a change in practice that the Trust has been able to deliver immediately. The ability to do this is directly linked to the provision of a Paediatric Critical Care Unit and therefore the plans outlined below presented to the commissioners take clear account of a second ward round being integral to this development.”

Source location

2019-0118-Response-by-Royal-United-Hospitals-Bath-NHS-Trust
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Published 9 June 2019

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