Isabella Gillies
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)There will obviously be situations in which it will be inappropriate to weigh a patient due to that patient's condition but in that situation consideration should be given to obtaining the weight from another source, such as earlier hospital records or by reference to the G.P..
I question therefore whether the steps already taken by Fife Health Board go far enough towards ensuring that an accurate weight is used for prescription purposes where prescription is dependant upon weight and urge them to give further consideration to this aspect of matters.
Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.
Section 28 responses
Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending
No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.
About Fatal Accident Inquiries
Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.
Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.