[Ammi]

An investigation has been launched into the death of a woman who was reportedly found unconscious in a chair underneath her coat while waiting in A&E.

The mother-of-two, 39, was triaged when she arrived at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham on 19 January complaining of a headache and was seen multiple times by nurses, according to reports.

But she is said to have fallen unconscious while waiting for more than seven hours to be seen by a doctor in the accident and emergency unit. She died in intensive care of a brain haemorrhage two days later.

The woman was reportedly found by staff when her name was called to see a doctor and she didn't respond.

Dr Keith Girling, medical director at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "I offer my sincere condolences to the family at this difficult time.

"An investigation, which will involve the family, will now take place and until this has been concluded, we are unable to comment further."

Lilian Greenwood, the Labour MP for Nottingham South, told LBC, which first reported the story, that the woman's death was "disturbing". The MP welcomed the investigation into what happened.

She also said "her thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the mother-of-two".

The case could be escalated to an external independent investigation depending on the outcome of the probe.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/investigat...101000588.html

[arista]

[But she is said to have fallen unconscious while
waiting for more than seven hours to be seen
by a doctor in the accident and emergency unit.
She died in intensive care of a
brain haemorrhage two days later.

The woman was reportedly found by staff
when her name was called
to see a doctor and she didn't respond.]


Yes Tragic
lack of care by that Hospital.

[Zizu]

The stories I could tell you about my time in hospital would make your hair curl !!

Our surgeons and specialist doctors are fabulous but down at the GP levels or general hospital wards and it’s scary


That’s only my experience .. it’s why I hardly ever go to my doctors or the local hospital


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[Cherie]

Poor lady had been triaged by 3 nurses as well, wonder why no one around her alerted anyone to her?

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Poor lady had been triaged by 3 nurses as well, wonder why no one around her alerted anyone to her?

My guess is they are overworked/understaffed and have terribly low moral which sadly equates to being completely disengaged from their work…


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[UserSince2005]

NHS needs to be abolished, it makes me sick, it will be the death of us all.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Zizu

My guess is they are overworked/understaffed and have terribly low moral which sadly equates to being completely disengaged from their work…


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what about the other patients in A and E usually these places are packed so it is unlikely she would have been sat on her own

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

what about the other patients in A and E usually these places are packed so it is unlikely she would have been sat on her own

Guess nobody checked . .. presuming she was simply asleep under her coat


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[user104658]

Understaffed and under-funded, 7 hour waits in A&E used to be unheard of. Yet you'll hear people bleating on about "the staff" and "poor management". But the truth is just far more simple. It's been neglected and under-funded. This is not an isolated example. The UK government's hands are drenched in blood.

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by Cherie

what about the other patients in A and E usually these places are packed so it is unlikely she would have been sat on her own

True but when you are sitting around for 7 or 8 hours, you don't worry about someone who looks like they are sleeping under their coat.
You'd think one would be safer once they reached a hospital enviroment, but clearly they aren't.
The system is broken.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

NHS needs to be abolished, it makes me sick, it will be the death of us all.

It needs proper funding from the Government.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by DemRed

True but when you are sitting around for 7 or 8 hours, you don't worry about someone who looks like they are sleeping under their coat.
You'd think one would be safer once they reached a hospital enviroment, but clearly they aren't.
The system is broken.

…yeah I agree, the system is very broken atm and in so many ways, isn’t meeting the needs of the people who need it…maybe this will be an isolated tragic incident but I fear that’s not going to be the way while the system continues to struggle …

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…yeah I agree, the system is very broken atm and in so many ways, isn’t meeting the needs of the people who need it…maybe this will be an isolated tragic incident but I fear that’s not going to be the way while the system continues to struggle …

I don't believe its isolated Ammi. I know of another case where someone was brought in with a suspected heart attack. After the ECG was clear (which is not always reliable), they were put in a cubicle to wait and see what their blood test showed in 'cardio markers' he died, unoticed by busy staff from a cardiac arrest.

I think its important, if you go into the emergency room with something potentially serious, you have a friend or family member with you.

[Cherie]

I read that when she was found she had vomited so again not sure why no one noticed, also if she was seen by 3 nurses you would assume they were checking through the 7 hours, the last time I was in A and E with my son they checked his blood pressure and temp every hour and brought around tea and biscuits at one point so its not like you are left to your own devices during the wait

some years ago we were in a clinic at Whitechapel waiting to be be seen and my son was throwing up merrily into a plastic bag complete with sound effects, I thought I was in a parrallel universe as not one of the people waiting asked if we were okay or needed any help, just kept on chatting as if it wasn't happening....we laugh about it now as he was really going for it with the sound effects

[MTVN]

It must be such a difficult thing to diagnose because headaches are so common and perhaps she had a history of them or wasn't initially showing any disturbing signs. It was similar in a C4 program this week on police wrongdoing - they had failed to get medical treatment for someone complaining of a sore head and he ended up in intensive care because of an aneurysm. Trouble was he had also been drinking heavily so the symptoms were easily missed.

That said A&E wait times are pretty disgraceful

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

It must be such a difficult thing to diagnose because headaches are so common and perhaps she had a history of them or wasn't initially showing any disturbing signs. It was similar in a C4 program this week on police wrongdoing - they had failed to get medical treatment for someone complaining of a sore head and he ended up in intensive care because of an aneurysm. Trouble was he had also been drinking heavily so the symptoms were easily missed.

That said A&E wait times are pretty disgraceful

That sums it up really.
A headache won’t get you to the front of the queue, tragic for this lady.