Philip Hawkins

Entry into Hospital and Delay to bed allocation
1. Mr Hawkins arrived at hospital at 13:25 on 18.03.23 and remained in the ambulance until 23:42 when he was ‘offloaded’ onto a corridor in the Emergency Department (ED).
2. He was moved to a rapid assessment room in the ED at 11:33 on 19.03.23 and then into a cubicle at 21:47, the same day.
3. Mr Hawkins was eventually allocated to a bed from the ED, at 19:17 on 20.03.23. Care Concerns in the ED
4. On 18.03.2 at 02:49 there was no space for a nurse to attend to Mr Hawkins’ personal care needs or assess his pressure areas.
5. On 19.03.23 at 12:18, Mr Hawkins needed ‘repeat bloods’ but this was never done nor highlighted to clinicians.

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6. On 19.03.23 at 00:31 Mr Hawkins was given oxygen but there are no nursing notes to indicate why or whether this was discussed with a clinician.
7. There is no written nursing documentation in relation to Mr Hawkins’ care from 21:52 on 19.03.23.
8. Mr Hawkins was nil by mouth but this was not made known to visitors who fed him. Staffing
9. There were insufficient nursing and clinical staff to attend to the numbers of patients as outstanding nursing shifts went unfulfilled on the nursing rota.
10. Due to the presenting circumstances, staff were unable to fulfil their role in caring for Mr Hawkins.

11. Specifically, I am concerned as to the wait and delay Mr Hawkins had to endure to enter hospital and the same in respect of being provided with a bed; the inability of staff to tend to him; the lack of available staff and the lack of written record of assessment and treatment.