Summary
C complained on behalf of their parent (A) that the board did not provide a reasonable standard of nursing care. A was admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and had to be nursed in isolation due to their COVID-19 positive status.
We took independent advice from a nursing adviser. We found that the majority of the events described by C and A would not necessarily be documented. That in itself was not evidence of a failing, merely that events documented in the notes would be largely clinical in nature rather than communication. Due to the time that had passed since the events complained about, staff did not recall the specific period of care. We found that there was no evidence of unreasonable nursing care or treatment in the medical notes. As such, we did not uphold the complaint.
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