Olive Darbyshire

Although it is not possible to whether a CTPA procedure would have had an impact upon when Mrs Darbyshire died, am concerned that two senior Doctors gave evidence that they were expecting an urgent CTPA to have taken place that this had not happened some three days after the request was made am concerned that according to the Radiology department there is no record of the clinical team responsible for Mrs Darbyshire's care making efforts to "chase up" the missing CTPA procedure_ am concerned that the radiology department staff have incorrectly categorised Mrs Darbyshire in a way that meant that she spent a number of days in hospital awaiting an urgent CTPA procedure that in reality was not going to happen because once categorised as an outpatient she realistically would only expect to receive a CTPA in 2015 by way of a written notification_ am concerned that given this request was made on 23rd December 2014, subsequent events have been influenced by the fact that the request was made shortly before the Christmas period and that a lack of action taken by the clinical team to "chase up" the CTPA and the actions of the radiology department administration staff have been influenced by reduced staffing levels over the Christmas holiday period when the department would deal with inpatient requests only, and emergency requests pertaining to Accident & Emergency patients_