2019

PFD Reports
Reports: 527 Areas: 66

70% response rate (above 63% average).

Clear 294 results
Patrick Kelly
All Responded
2019-0128A 17 Apr 2019 South Yorkshire (West)
Roseberry Care Centres
Concerns summary (AI summary) Care centres fail to prioritise dental hygiene and services, leading to potentially worsened conditions and lacking policies for managing missed appointments or identifying dental care needs.
Action Taken (AI summary) The care home has implemented a Resident of the Day procedure for care file updates, reviews of care plans, and a diary record for tracking residents' dental care; staff have also attended CCG training on dental hygiene for vulnerable residents.
Jonathan Yates
All Responded
2019-0132A 16 Apr 2019 Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) The nutritional status of patients, particularly those nil by mouth, is not effectively communicated to staff during hospital admissions.
Action Planned (AI summary) The Trust has reviewed its processes and will remind staff of nutritional status during 'huddles', paying attention to patients with changes to their oral intake. The Trust is satisfied that appropriate systems are available and in use but human factors intervened in Mr Yates' case.
Nyall Brown
All Responded
2019-0134A 15 Apr 2019 Norfolk
Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) Patient care records were not reviewed before assessment, meaning full history and risks were not considered, a recurring issue despite existing staff expectations.
Action Planned (AI summary) The Trust is delivering a learning session on record keeping and communication, emphasizing preparation ahead of appointments. The Trust is also introducing Patient Participation Leads for each locality, working alongside new Clinical Directors to lead quality and patient experience improvements.
Jennifer Lewis
All Responded
2019-0003 15 Apr 2019 Kent (North-West)
Oxleas NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) There was a failure to coordinate care between mental and physical health doctors, resulting in unsuitable and inadequate care for the patient's overall needs.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Trust has implemented several changes, including inviting relevant healthcare professionals to CPA meetings, entering all patients' weight and height into the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), and ensuring patients with long-term nutritional needs remain open to the dietician. These improvements are incorporated into the physical health strategy.
Shaun Neal
All Responded
2019-0009 15 Apr 2019 County Durham and Darlington
Durham County Council
Concerns summary (AI summary) The absence of double solid white lines at a collision site, despite expert opinion they could prevent dangerous manoeuvres, raises concerns about road safety markings.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Council reviewed the accident site and, although not considered contributory factors, ordered the recovery of road markings and replacement of defective hazard marker posts. The council also removed hawthorn bushes contributing to reduced visibility.
Thomas Collings
All Responded
2019-0260-wp26715 15 Apr 2019 Sunderland
GE Healthcare South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) Further learning and explicit timescales are needed for implementing and refreshing training on the crucial maintenance of lead attachments for medical monitors.
Noted (AI summary) • The company's Clinical Application Specialist (CAS) will be on- site for a total of 4 weeks to provide on-site training and support. • The training programme will incorporate the alarm classifications and the importance of maintenance of the lead attachments to ensure optimal performance of the monitors. • The company will also deliver 'Train the Trainer" with individuals to ensure future new starters can be trained following this initial period.
Emma Butler
All Responded
2019-0133A 12 Apr 2019 Buckinghamshire
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) Inadequate control of plastic cutlery on the ward and inconsistent search procedures for patients returning from leave created self-harm risks, compounded by variable hourly observation practices.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Trust has already implemented measures like case discussion groups and reflective practice groups run by psychotherapists. They also have MDT handovers every morning and provide more access to psychological therapies. The ward also considers the admission of EUPD patients carefully.
David Dooley
All Responded
2019-0127A 10 Apr 2019 Brighton and Hove
Sussex Police
Concerns summary (AI summary) Police officers' lack of knowledge regarding seafront lifeline locations caused critical delays, and public awareness of sea dangers, particularly under the influence, is insufficient.
Action Taken (AI summary) Police CCTV operators will now scan for water safety equipment as part of the initial response where someone has entered the water. Sussex Police will be supporting the summer 'Keeping safe campaign' which includes water safety advice, highlighting the dangers of entering the sea when under the influence of drink/drugs or in adverse weather conditions.
Aidan Ridley
All Responded
2019-0173 9 Apr 2019 Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Police
Concerns summary (AI summary) Inadequate police call handler training led to incorrect advice not to move a patient and failure to involve ambulance services, compounded by underutilization of a new 3-way call system.
Action Taken (AI summary) Wiltshire Police states that staff briefings have been sent out reminding 999 call handlers to use the three-way call process when needed. They also state that further revisions of the relevant Force procedure on managing calls have now taken place.
Anthony Buckingham
All Responded
2019-0123 9 Apr 2019 Suffolk
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) The death could have been prevented by daily mental health team visits, formal mental health act assessment, next of kin involvement, and practice nurse input.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Trust's suicide prevention lead has hosted two events bringing together non-statutory and statutory agencies, service users and Trust services in order to open channels of communication and raise awareness what each other provides. The Trust is strengthening its clinical and service leadership to ensure have the necessary breadth of skills and resource to lead safe and effective services.
Jennifer Handy
All Responded
2019-0121 5 Apr 2019 South Wales Central
Cwm Taf Health Board General Medical Council
Concerns summary (AI summary) The inability to trace a doctor who left the UK after treating a patient compromised the investigation and prevented the clinician from learning from issues raised.
Noted (AI summary) The Health Board now contacts the Assistant Medical Director for Professional Regulation and Standards to check for ongoing GMC concerns when a doctor leaves. The GMC states that its statutory powers only extend to doctors registered with the GMC, the Medical Act makes provision to erase doctors who fail to maintain an effective registered address, international regulators have data sharing practices, and information about a doctor's fitness to practise history can be publicly accessed on the online register, LRMP, therefore no further action is required.
Lesley Armstrong
All Responded
2019-0136 4 Apr 2019 North Northumberland
Northumbria Police
Concerns summary (AI summary) Northumbria Police failed to communicate the discontinuation of an investigation, hindering the employer's ability to inform the employee and the Safeguarding Board from progressing their duties.
Disputed (AI summary) Northumbria Police argues that it already has a system for reminding officers to inform suspects of the outcome of police investigations, that decisions to disclose information to employers can only be made on a case-by-case basis, and that providing information to employers as a 'fail safe' mechanism would be unlawful without the employee's consent, therefore no further action is deemed necessary.
Julia Peto
All Responded
2019-0119 4 Apr 2019 London Inner (South)
Department for Transport
Concerns summary (AI summary) Many two-stage pedestrian crossings nationally may lack louvres to prevent 'see-through' confusion from green signals and proper road markings to warn pedestrians of traffic direction.
Noted (AI summary) The Department for Transport states it is updating the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), including Chapter 5 on pedestrian crossings, with updated advice on the design of pedestrian facilities, therefore no further action is considered necessary.
Aryan Akhgar
All Responded
2019-0115 3 Apr 2019 South Yorkshire (West)
Sheffield Children’s Hospital Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group
Concerns summary (AI summary) A critical gap exists in urgent mental health services for 16 and 17-year-olds in Sheffield, with necessary additional resources for CAMHS lacking guaranteed funding.
Action Planned (AI summary) Sheffield Children's and Sheffield Health and Social Care Trusts have jointly approved an addendum to the Transitions Policy, implemented a review process overseen by Associate/Directors for young people accessing care, and provided 'read only' access to electronic patient records for CAMHS activity to Sheffield Health and Social Care staff. The CCG approved a business case for a Home Intensive Treatment Team (HITT) on May 7th, 2019, with phased implementation planned from autumn 2019, and has begun recruiting nursing staff.
Ronald Lowe
All Responded
2019-0113 3 Apr 2019 Birmingham and Solihull
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Tru…
Concerns summary (AI summary) A hospital's system for ensuring radiographers had read and signed standard operating procedures was not robust, increasing the risk of dangerous practice due to incorrect understanding of duties.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Trust conducted a review of outpatient CTPA studies, created a central register for radiographer training across multiple sites, and reviews staff training during annual appraisals.
Stuart Clark
All Responded
2019-0125A 2 Apr 2019 Exeter and Greater Devon
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) A patient's disclosure of suicide risk was not properly assessed or escalated to senior staff, and relevant information was not immediately available in medical records.
Action Planned (AI summary) The Trust will reinforce individual responsibility for patient safety and suicide prevention and is running a 'Care Matters' professional leadership forum in June 2019 to reiterate the importance of escalating concerns.
Ozan Allen
All Responded
2019-0197 1 Apr 2019 London Inner (North)
Transport for London
Concerns summary (AI summary) A busy crossroads junction lacks pedestrian guard railings, has impaired visibility, and features staggered crossings often misused by pedestrians, contributing to a high rate of collisions.
Action Planned (AI summary) TfL is considering adjustments to the junction design and plans to publish a consultation report by October 2019, with construction potentially starting in winter 2019/20. They are also proposing a reduced speed limit of 20mph and investigating measures on the A11 Mile End Road approaches, with completion planned by 2024.
Alexander Green
All Responded
2019-0117 1 Apr 2019 Avon
Royal United Hospital
Concerns summary (AI summary) Ineffective trust-wide handovers and a failure to challenge assumptions led to critical delays in diagnosing a head injury due to bias towards intoxication.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Trust has drafted a standard operating procedure for handovers, added an SBAR tool to the Paediatric proforma, developed a tool to safely exclude brain injury in intoxicated patients, and created a training tool with the South West Ambulance Service on "Confirmation Bias".
Nora Bruton
All Responded
2019-0090 25 Mar 2019 Birmingham and Solihull
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Heath NHS …
Concerns summary (AI summary) Inadequate dissemination of substance abuse risk assessment training and a failed review of crisis call communication protocols led to safety gaps. The protracted review of the Home Treatment Team model also raises concerns.
Action Taken (AI summary) Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust has developed a dedicated crisis email address for Home Treatment Teams with dedicated support to manage the system. They have also increased the capacity of the out of hours service by putting a senior clinician (Band 7) on duty each evening and have increased the capacity of their Home Treatment Teams and are now ‘over-recruited’ to medical positions.
Bethany Tenquist
All Responded
2019-0178 21 Mar 2019 Brighton and Hove
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) Flawed room checks and inadequate staff training led to dangerous items remaining accessible to vulnerable patients. This highlights critical deficiencies in self-harm prevention protocols.
Action Planned (AI summary) Sussex NHS Trust will improve communication pathways with the Police and improve guidance to staff regarding contacting the Police following serious incidents.
John Wright
All Responded
2019-0175 21 Mar 2019 Oxfordshire
Healthcare Care UK HM Prison and Probation Service
Concerns summary (AI summary) Critical self-harm risk information for incoming prisoners is poorly shared between external agencies, prison, and healthcare. Systemic gaps in IT and manual communication methods mean vital data is not consistently accessible to staff.
Action Taken (AI summary) HMPPS details actions taken including; NHS England Commissioners, Mountain Healthcare, and the liaison and diversion service have been informed of the process for contacting the prison healthcare team. The courts that serve HMP Bullingdon and the escort contractors (GEO Amey) have been reminded that safety concerns should be recorded on the Person Escort Record. Care UK provides details of actions taken including; Healthcare staff attending prison morning meetings, maintaining a register of staff who have completed SASH training and providing ASIST training to all patient-facing staff.
Graham Tailby
All Responded
2019-0092 19 Mar 2019 Manchester (City)
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) No specific concerns were detailed in the provided text.
Disputed (AI summary) Northern Care Alliance NHS Group states that the trolleys are not serviced by themselves and the staff member who gave evidence was not working for the Trust. They also state that they were not made an Interested Person or provided with disclosure.
Mark Parry
All Responded
2019-0094 19 Mar 2019 Cheshire
Health and Safety Executive
Concerns summary (AI summary) A critical lack of published Health and Safety Executive guidelines for mechanics working with Heavy Goods Vehicle air suspensions exists. This absence means workers lack essential guidance on risks and safety strategies.
Action Planned (AI summary) HSE plans to issue a safety alert identifying control measures for air suspension systems on all vehicle types, aiming to finalise it by August 2019. Longer term, HSE will amend PM85 and review HSG261 to address control measures in relation to ejection.
Peter Knight
All Responded
2019-0219 18 Mar 2019 Norfolk
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Concerns summary (AI summary) The Trust significantly delayed completing and implementing a crucial policy for transferring oxygen-dependent patients. New documentation was produced, but trials had not even commenced by the agreed deadline.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Trust revised its Transfer of Patients Policy, ratified on May 7th, and delivered "Transferring the Critically Ill Patient" training including a decision to not transfer patients on Hi Flo airvo2 without battery backup. They also redesigned transfer stickers using an SBAR format.
Frederick Brooker
All Responded
2019-0097 18 Mar 2019 London (East)
HC-One
Concerns summary (AI summary) The care home failed to implement adequate falls prevention, lacking care plans despite identified risks. Multiple falls were not properly investigated or reported, and patient safety was compromised by over-reliance on capacity.
Action Taken (AI summary) HC-One implemented an action plan at Bakers Court to address the concerns highlighted. Multi-factorial Falls Risk Assessments will inform the development and implementation of a daily plan of care.