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"Lack of incontinence care"

About: Causeway Hospital / Surgical 1

(as a relative),

My grandmother had stayed here for few days, day staff were mostly good, attending to grannys needs when possible. Night staff however, we had a couple of issues with. For context; granny is mostly continent, however, a recent decline with mobility has resulted in some functional incontinence. One evening, granny pressed the call bell for the toilet. We waited a while and no one showed. One doctor commented that it was another false alarm. Eventually two HCA’s attended to her. On another occasion, her final night there, she buzzed and waited over 20 minutes. When we alerted someone they told us visiting times were over and we needed to leave, we explained we were just ensuring granny got to the toilet as she had been waiting a long time, we were then told she would be attended to when possible. The next morning granny was discharged and we received her pyjamas (that she was wearing that evening) saturated with urine and faeces. We are of course absolutely disgusted by this. 3 of us work in this sector. We understand and appreciate how busy and stressful it can be. But there is absolutely no excuse as to why someone would not be toileted in a 12 hour+ period; especially when fully aware and are alerting others to their needs.

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Response from Anne Dooey, Ward Manager, Surgical 1, Causeway Hospital, NHSCT 2 months ago
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Anne Dooey
Ward Manager, Surgical 1, Causeway Hospital,
NHSCT
Submitted on 01/03/2024 at 17:41
Published on Care Opinion on 02/03/2024 at 09:05


Dear junewf89,

My name is Anne Dooey, I am the ward manager on Surgical one - Causeway Hospital,

Many thanks for sharing your story with us,

it is the aim of Myself & My staff on S1, to deliver a high standard of care to all our Patients, unfortunately in this instance we did not,

I wish to send my sincere apologies to your Grand-Mother & yourself.

I have shared your story with the staff of S1 & upon reflection, they are most disappointed & upset, that the standard of care, that your Grand-Mother received, was not what we aim to provide.

as a result of your experience, we have implemented some changes to our practice, at handover time, the second HCA on day duty, remains out on the ward, to answer any Call bells, in a more timely manner & also to be visible to assist where required.

If you wish to discuss your story further, my contact details can be forwarded to you.

sincere apologies again.

Sr Anne Dooey..

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