A dying teenager was "lost" for an hour in an NHS hospital after a bed manager asked nursing staff to move her to an inappropriate ward, an inquest heard today.
Doctors caring for 17-year-old Clementine Nicholson were "astonished" that she had been taken from a resuscitation unit without their consent, Coventry Coroner's Court heard.
And how did this happen?
Computer said ‘Yes’, innit?
Dr Mair Edmunds, associate director for clinical performance at the hospital, expressed her regret that Clementine had been moved by an electronic bed management system.
Well, no.
She might have been incorrectly marked for movement by a computer system, but real live people – supposedly, professional NHS staff – would have done the actual moving.
I mean, surely they check that someone’s well enough to be moved before they…
Oh:
Dr Edmunds said the hospital now had a nurse controller to oversee such moves and that more robust procedures were now in place to ensure patients were well enough to be transferred.
Before, no one checked?
/facepalm
1 comment:
Was the nurse controller sacked then? If he/she is fat they can always get a job on Thomas the Tank Engine.
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