It was reported in September 2011 by receptionist and cleaner about the abuse but abusers returned to work after being handed warnings as a result of an internal investigation and the matter was not referred to the police or social services. • Lancashire County Council's safeguarding board failed to proceed the case. Arrests were made several months later abuse been reported when the whistle-blower wrote to health inspectors and CQC who sent anonymous emails about the standard of care inside the home. What means all those months abuse was still ongoing. Winterbourne View abuse (May 2011) – undercover investigation by the BBC: It revealed criminal abuse by staff of patients at Winterbourne View Hospital near Bristol.
Inspectors said that staff did not appear to understand the needs of the people in their care, adults with learning disabilities, complex needs and challenging behaviour. People who had no background in care services had been recruited, references were not always checked and staff were not trained or supervised properly. Some staff were
It was uncomfortable for Ross. There was no preparation between the MCA members at that time and they didn’t want to change their strategy. Other members of the MCA didn’t want contribute because there were different time constraints and they felt lack of commitment for workers in same team. This was not fair and that shows company didn’t treat their workers equally. MCA team was not successful to prepare effective strategy and their realistic negotiation, they were unsuccessful to expect and prepare for the possible LFA dialogue points.
may include the failure to provide sufficient supervision, nourishment, or medical care, or the failure to fulfil the venerable adults day to day needs. 1.2 Identify signs/symptoms associated with each type of abuse Physical, cuts bruises Sexual, pain, bruising genital discharge or uti’s Emotional bed wetting lack of communication skills depression. Financial abuse Depression lack of money, going without food because they can’t afford it. Institutional Not being changed or going to the toilet regular. due to lack of staff or training within the care home.
Ethical Case Analysis Jelesia Brunson HUS 221-102 Identify the problem: Rosalind B. Vinson was the social worker of the patient M.L. before she was terminated under her own circumstances in 2008. Shortly after her termination she visited M.L. at her home on several occasions, borrowing loans for the amount of $1,150.00 from the patient. The first loan was on January 23, 2008 in the amount of $1, 00.00 and the second one took place on April 11, 2008 in the amount of $150.00.
She was a dependable employee. However I think she suffered from role ambiguity. Although Susan felt like she should be doing more at work managerially she wasn’t. Anita as her supervisor should have placed a much more clear emphasis on her responsibilities. If she had done so I think she would have fewer negatives in her annual performance review.
Employees also failed to take standard precautions, failed to make constant contact with patients during procedures. Human errors in the overdose of patients were evident. When dealing with human life, technicians were clearly careless, non-attentive in some cases, and showed a lack of appreciation for the risk involved in the operation of the machinery. Other factors were poor training of technicians as well as a lack of sufficient penalty to the technicians involved. Attorneys for the family against the machine manufacturer (AECL) The Therac-25 design eliminated many of the hardware safety features that been built into previous designs, assuming the software was functioning correctly and eliminated the need for safety features.
Medication errors performed by health care professionals are the most common type of injury resulting in patient harm and death. According to "U.S. Food And Drug Administration" (2014), a medication error is "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer (para. 1). This paper further discusses a critical regulatory issue in health care relating to a case law, which sent a pharmacist to jail for a medication error that led to the death of a child. In February 2006, Emily Jerry, a two-year old child was at a Cleveland hospital to complete her last series of chemotherapy treatment.
The Leadership standard also was not met due to staffing insufficiencies. 3.a. There is a link between the amount of staff and their experience with the kind of care and how safe that care is being provided to patients. The organization has failed to respond to the need for more medical staff which in turn has led to the demise of the conditions of the working
Cii- Describe what a social care worker must do if unsafe practice is reported but nothing is done to ensure it is corrected. If a social care worker reports an unsafe practice but the person they reported the concern to have done nothing to ensure it is corrected as soon as possible, then the social care worker will need to go to the next level of management. Should the social worker feel the unsafe practice is serious or critical, they may escalate the concern to the Care Quality Commission or the Safeguarding Team at the local Social Services department. Ciii – Describe three factors that make individuals more vulnerable to abuse than others. 1.