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BBC News
04-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Surrey nurse's 'sock-cessful' idea to prevent falls praised
An NHS nurse has been celebrated for his idea to prevent falls. The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust praised Ivan Maglanque for his concept in introducing bright yellow socks for a Lead Falls Prevention Nurse, his plan aims to improve the visibility of vulnerable people in wards to hospital staff."We care for a lot of elderly and vulnerable patients and are always looking for ways to improve patient safety and experience," Mr Maglanque said. "Sometimes, just very simple ideas can make all the difference," he concept is now being piloted with frailty ward patients at Royal Surrey after being approved, according to the trust.
BBC News
04-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Royal Surrey County Hospital 'deeply sorry' after girl's death
A hospital boss has apologised "unreservedly" after the death of a 12-year-old girl which led a coroner to raise concerns about the "discrimination of disabled children".Rose Harfleet died at Royal Surrey County Hospital, in Guildford, on 30 January 2024, having attended its emergency department the day before with abdominal pain and coroner for Surrey, Karen Henderson, said in a recent report that there was a failure of the medical and nursing staff to appreciate Rose was clinically Stead, chief executive of Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, apologised to the family for the "failures in her care" and said she was "deeply sorry for their devastating experience". She added: "I appreciate that no words or actions can bring Rose back or reduce the grief felt by her loved ones."She said the trust had carried out a thorough investigation into the case, implemented several areas of learning and that practices would be further reviewed in light of the coroner's coroner said Rose, who from birth was diagnosed with mosaic trisomy 17 with global developmental delay, was "wholly reliant on her mother to advocate on her behalf".But she said at the hospital no history was taken from Rose's mother and that the severity of her signs and symptoms were said poor clinical decisions contributed to Rose's death."This gives rise to a concern that by not listening to parents or guardians as a matter of course leads to discrimination of disabled children," she added. 'Heartbreaking' Her report also raised concerns about a lack of national or local guidance to assist hospital staff to "appropriately manage patients such as Rose".Other bodies also sent the report were NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the Care Quality Commission, the Royal College of Paediatrics and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).President of the RCEM, Dr Adrian Boyle, said the report was "heartbreaking to read" but that it was "vital" to examine what happened, "learn from it, and do all we can to prevent anything similar happening in the future".He added: "Everyone at RCEM extends our deepest sympathies and condolences to Rose's family and friends." He said patients with learning disabilities – especially children – were a group at high risk of missed diagnosis and college had been working to raise awareness, and to improve the quality of care patients with learning disabilities received while in the emergency department, he added.A DHSC spokesperson said: "Our deepest sympathies are with Rose's family and friends."They added that parents' voices "must be heard when it comes to their children" and that under the NHS constitution parents have a right to be involved in the planning and decision-making around NHS spokesperson said it was "carefully considering" the coroner's report.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Patients not 'turfed out' in ward closures at Haslemere Hospital
A Surrey hospital has said it is not "turfing anyone out" after the announcement that two wards will close on the NHS trust has said it is looking at providing for the "future needs of the local population", reports the Local Democracy Reporting Community Hospital is temporarily closing two inpatient wards after a nearby GP surgery announced it could no longer provide doctors to staff them. The two wards for rehabilitation, made up of 16 beds and largely used by frail adults with complex needs, are being "paused" until replacement medical cover is found. Dr Bill Jewsbury, medical director at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, said they had been "urgently working to explore alternative options", but had not been able to "identify robust medical cover in the timescale".Dr Jewsbury said the trust was still working to find an alternative provider, speaking to all doctor surgeries in Waverley and Guildford borough. Hospital staff have reduced the number of people on the ward to ensure no patient is put on the ward and then has to be moved."We're not turfing anyone out," a spokesperson from the trust said. "We're not admitting new patients so we can really focus on looking after the people that are in those beds now well, and getting them home." Instead of the inpatient ward, residents could now stay at the Royal Surrey Hospital, go to one of the extra beds at the Milford community hospital or return home and receive treatment over the overall running of Haslemere Community Hospital, what it would look like in the future and what the needs of the population are have been ongoing."We should get a really much more exciting community hospital," Dr Jewsbury said, "less around beds and much more around services".These could include outpatient support, maternity and potentially dental minor injuries unit could become an urgent treatment centre to provide a broader range of treatment.
