18-07-2025
Pensioner probably did not get proper treatment
Records detailing a pensioner's care were patchy and he was probably not given the treatment required before he died, a coroner Coffey, who was 85, died at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough in September 2024, 17 days after a fall at home. He had spent about 17 hours on the floor following contracted a chest infection, for which effective pain relief "was not always offered or achieved" and medical records were incomplete, Berkshire's assistant coroner Health NHS Trust was approached to comment.
Robert Simpson, Berkshire's assistant coroner, was told that because of his condition, Mr Coffey should have been repositioned from a seated position every two to four seated position would have allowed him to breathe more deeply and cough more effectively, important when treating chest the hospital told Mr Simpson that, following random monthly audits, "this was either not being done or not being properly recorded".Mr Simpson found that Mr Coffey's medical records had multiple gaps, one of up to 27 hours, between 15 September to 27 found Mr Coffey was "probably not repositioned as required".Mr Simpson issued a prevention of future deaths report following Mr Coffey's inquest earlier this NHS Trust must respond to his concerns by September.
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