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BBC News
4 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Prisoner at HMP Bristol died after 'unsafe' nursing, report says
A prisoner who had a rare form of pneumonia died after "poor and unsafe" nursing caused delays in him being assessed and treated, a report Uzzell, 42, had been charged with violent offences and was on remand at HMP Bristol when he became unwell on Christmas Eve 2022. He died in hospital four days Prisons and Probation Ombudsman found Mr Uzzell reported coughing up blood but the agency nurse who assessed him did not record his observations or mention them during morning handover.A spokesperson for the prison service said it had since made "significant improvements" and taken action to ensure staff properly record decisions. Mr Uzzell was the seventh prisoner at Bristol to die since December 2019 and there have been a further seven deaths since, the report first became unwell in the early hours of 24 December 2022 and was assessed by Nurse Uzzell remained unwell and his symptoms got worse. At about 09:00 GMT another nurse reviewed him and found he needed to be assessed by a critical care team in also notified the prison's head of healthcare about Nurse A's failure to record his assessment or hand over Uzzell did not recover and at an inquest in June the coroner for Avon concluded he died from natural causes, adding the delay in hospital admission increased the speed and severity of the illness and accelerated his A's actions remain under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the report adds. The report said Nurse A initially failed to engage with the ombudsman's investigation and maintained he had provided a statement to the prison's head of healthcare, who disputed a statement submitted to the clinical reviewer, Nurse A said Mr Uzzell was alert and said he advised him to contact prison healthcare if his symptoms report adds: "He also said that he had spoken about Mr Uzzell during the handover to healthcare day staff, but we found no evidence to corroborate this." The report recommends agency staff are "clinically competent" to be assigned to the role of lead emergency nurse and that improvements are made to the documentation of interactions and also said record keeping when dispensing medication should be improved, as Mr Uzzell was given over-the-counter painkillers three times from 19-20 December but the reason for this was not recorded. In 2023, a damning report into HMP Bristol said there were "chronic and intractable" problems, which led to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor describing it as "one of the most unsafe prisons in the country".A spokesperson for HM Prison Service said: "We accepted all of the ombudsman's recommendations and took action in 2023 to ensure staff properly record key decisions and preserve important documents after a death in custody."Since 2023, HMP Bristol has made significant improvements including boosting security, expanding support services, and improving rehabilitation to help reduce reoffending and make the prison safer."
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Headlines: 'Nesting pigeon' and 'teen BMX champion'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories A prisoner died at HMP Bristol on Christmas Eve due to "unsafe healthcare", according to a new report. He showed symptoms of pneumonia, but was not referred to a nurse by a senior member of medical opening of a new zebra crossing in Bath was delayed by more than a month because of a nesting pigeon. The council had to wait for the bird to move on before they could trim back a University of Gloucestershire's new City Campus opens to the public on 13, from Salisbury, has been named as the eighth best BMX racer in the world following a championship contest in Denmark.A pub with a Grade II-listed roof is set to reopen again after being closed and used as a crime hotspot for years. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media A man from Yeovil who created a "web of lies" to defraud women out of thousands of pounds has been jailed.A woman from Weston-super-Mare had her dog mistakenly seized by police on Sunday after somebody reported it for a biting City Council activated its Severe Weather Protocol to provide emergency help for rough sleepers throughout the seized an illegal bike from a Deliveroo driver in Swindon. It will be destroyed, officers confirmed.
Metro
02-08-2025
- Metro
Prison officer ‘had relationship with 17-year-old young offender inmate'
A former prison officer has been accused of being in a relationship with one her teenage inmates and smuggling cannabis inside jail walls. Ruta Indrasiunaite, from Mitcham, south London, is said to have been in a relationship with 17-year-old Royston Perry at HMP Cookham Wood, a Young Offenders' Institution in Rochester, between April and November 2021. The 38-year-old allegedly brought cannabis inside the jail and took a list of approved PIN telephone numbers for a prisoner. She appeared before magistrates in Sevenoaks on July 31, and denied charges of misconduct in public office, bringing a prohibited article to a prison and taking a restricted document out of the establishment the same year. It's alleged she engaged in a personal relationship with Perry, who is now 21, between April 29, 2021 and November 30, the same year. He also appeared in the dock charged with two counts of conspiring to bring drugs and mobiles into the prison, as well as helping to smuggle in cannabis. Indrasiunaite was granted bail while Perry is currently being held in HMP Bristol. Both are expected to appear at Maidstone Crown Court for their preliminary hearings on August 29. It comes as another prison officer, Isabelle Dale, 23, has been accused of having a sexual relationship with two inmates at the same time and plotted with them to smuggle drugs into the jail. She is said to have had an inappropriate relationship with prisoner Shahid Sharif, 33, between September 2021 and December 2022. She is also accused of having a second jailhouse lover, 28-year-old Connor Money, at the same time. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Girl, four, hit by car and killed walking back from Eid celebration with mum MORE: I bought a £420,000 flat with a friend — and then we fell out MORE: 'Ring of steel' erected after far-right protestors clash outside migrant hotel
BBC News
29-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Exeter man accused of school threats moved to secure hospital
A 30-year-old man from Exeter accused of sending malicious communications to local schools has been transferred to a secure hospital from a jail, where he was being held on remand during legal Pilkington, of Redlands Close, Exeter, had been remanded into custody after being charged with two counts of sending malicious communications on social media on two days in Crown Court heard the allegations concerned threats to go to a local nursery and other educational establishments near his home to kill children.A judge has ordered a mental health assessment of the defendant, who did not appear before the court. The case has been adjourned until July. Pilkington has been transferred from HMP Bristol to the Langdon secure hospital in Dawlish.
