Leslie Lerner

13th 2016 (1) Junior Doctor applied wrong sling with wrong knot for Mr Lerner after she had learned that he had had fractured shoulder which was to be treated conservatively. heard that a Nurse should have applied the sling because the chances are that he or she would have known which sling to use and how to apply it (2) Although the Junior Doctor discussed Mr Lerner with her Senior; the Senior did not actually see him nor specifically state which type of sling (should have been a collar and cuff) should be was told that the Senior should always see the Patient: 14th May 2016 (1) Mr Lerner was kept in the Royal Sussex County Hospital overnight and towards the middle of the he was discharged without a Senior Review. was told that before he was discharged he should have been seen by a Senior Doctor and it may well have been that the inappropriately applied sling would have been recognised. He was sent home with no analgesia. He should have been given analgesia It became clear from the evidence that the pain that he suffered was very much part of his overall deterioration and an exacerbating factor with his dementia The Hospital's own Discharge Protocol was not followed, it should have been_ Hove May applied. day

VERONICA HAMILTON-DEELEY, LLB.