Hospital's owners Castlebeck, apologised and suspended 13 employees. NHS South West said it was "appalled" and the Care Quality Commission said there was an "unforgivable error of judgement" in not investigating earlier abuse claims. Hillcroft Care Home, Lancashire - Research In October 2012 six care workers were arrested in connection with abuse in Hillcroft Care Home near Lancashire. The police were called into the home of May that year, after a complaint from staff. Five nurses and one matron
me year. An attempt give an emergency motion to delay the procedure flopped and the guardian, ordered to oversee the termination of the sources of nutrition and hydration to the patient. This is according to an application by Robert and Mary Schiavo (2005) on behalf of their daughter. How did this case reach the point one may ask, and the explanation is quite intriguing. The patient, Theresa Schiavo married Michael Schiavo in 1984 and they had six years of a normal marriage.
In the given case study, for instance, future provision of moderate sedation and additional backup must remain a mandatory exercise. Second, involves gathering of data and available evidence as a means of highlighting the occurrence of events, a behavior, or even condition (Clark &Taplin, 2012). According to most hospital regulations and ethics, when a patient begins to exhibit complications, it is upon the nurse and the ED physician to note the symptoms and offer appropriate treatment. Further examination of this scenario reveals a number of hazards/errors, i.e., shortage of qualified nurses, unfamiliar with appropriate medication dosages, the current procedure for conscious sedation was not followed, and the most fundamental hazard is the inability of the staff to prioritize and inform the administration (Nursing Supervisor) of the situation in the ED. The emergency department still failed to abide by medical ethics of practice.
Fifth, the physician assisted suicide should only be carried out in a meaningful doctor patient relationship. A physician should not be forced to participate in any act they deem unethical. Sixth, consultation with another experienced physician is required to ensure it is a sincere request. The patient and immediate family should attend counseling sessions to emotionally prepare for “treatment”. And lastly, all the steps should be clearly documented using an electronic video source, and through the patient’s paper file.
TASK B- RESEARCH AND ACCOUNT Identify 2 reports on serious failures to protect individuals from abuse, write an account that describes the unsafe practice in the reviews (400 words) REPORT 1 Concerns at Winterbourne View Hospital first came to light after a charge nurse raised the issues with the hospital in October 2010 and his allegations were passed on to the local authority, South Gloucestershire council, in its capacity as lead safeguarding agency and then relayed to the CQC in December 2010 but nothing was done. In May 2011 the BBC released undercover footage about the appalling way vulnerable residents at Winterbourne View Hospital were being treated, once the footage was released it came into light that the owners of Winterbourne View, health regulators, local health services and the police had failed to act upon increasing warning signs. On the 18TH June 2011 the CQC published its findings following an inspection of services provided at Winterbourne View. After considering a range of evidence inspectors conclude that the registered provider, Castlebeck Care (Teesdale) Ltd, had failed to ensure that people living at Winterbourne View were adequately protected from risk, including the risks of unsafe practices by its own staff. The report concludes that there was a systemic failure to protect people or to investigate allegations of abuse.
This assignment will examine the case scenario of Yvonne Esposito, an 80-year old woman who collided with an employee, Jason Davis, when he abruptly turned around without warning at the close of an arts and crafts show. The result was a fall causing a fractured hip that required hip replacement surgery leaving Esposito with a physical impairment. Esposito is suing in federal district court alleging negligence. I will examine the factors that indicate whether or not Davis owed Esposito a duty of care and what do those factors indicate in these circumstances. Looking at this case with no legal background and only a book to base my facts from, I do believe Mrs. Esposito has a case.
* They have not taken reasonable care for their own or others safety. * You may need to take responsibilities for an individual’s health and safety if the person will not comply with a risk assessment procedure and you need to follow policies and procedures to deal with this. * We must follow care plan risk assessment and health and safety procedures at all times. 1.5 Explain why specific tasks should only be carried out with special training. Everyone who is working in health and social care should not carry out any of these tasks without special training.
My family began arriving a little at a time. My sisters and mother soon made their way to the hospital. I can only imagine what they had been told. The outlook wasn't great for a 100% recovery, but I never complained. I was in a double room and my roommate, Marie, a heavy girl, had jumped off the roof of her house and shattered her knee.
There were 19 deaths, all unexplained. A serious case review has now opened up into the elderly residents deaths. The coroner, Miss Penelope Schofield has spoke & said that neglect contributed to at least 5 of these deaths. On investigating the coroner found that one of the residents medical documents had been falsified & she had been given too much of the blood thinning drug warfarin. The manager Meera Reed had earlier denied ordering staff to shred documents & filling in more forms to cover up the overdose.
This week’s reading scenario provided in the unit’s learning activities is about a nursing home called Ruby Lake. Ruby Lake homes and surrounding business needed to be evacuated due to a chemical spill which is endangering the surrounding population. At the beginning of the learning activity, there is a reverse 911 call, the call was sent out to the community, in a single language English. The first problem in the current evacuation plan was outdated. There is no option to have the message sent in a different language.