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"Vulnerable patient"

About: Perth Royal Infirmary / Acute Medical Unit

(as a relative),

My extremely vulnerable brother who often displays challenging behaviour has been admitted to ward 4. As he needs constant supervision, my mother has been sitting with him throughout the day. Apparently, this unique set of needs don't require supervision at night and she has been told to leave. As he often has interrupted nights, this exposes him to strangers managing him which will undoubtedly exacerbate any behavioural issues and cause undue distress. I appreciate that we are in COVID times but this would result in increased pressure for staff, who neither understand his behaviour, or have the relevant skills to deal with him. Why is supervision acknowledged as a requirement during the day but not at night? After all this is an increased time of risk for all staff and patients. I am extremely unhappy with this lack of understanding in an extremely challenging time, would you let a child stay overnight without a parent? As this is the level of capacity my brother has!  

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Response from Debbie Baldie, Senior Nurse, Practice Development, Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, NHS Tayside 3 years ago
Debbie Baldie
Senior Nurse, Practice Development, Nursing and Midwifery Directorate,
NHS Tayside

I work with senior nurses to improve care standards through providing training and support

Submitted on 07/12/2020 at 13:12
Published on Care Opinion at 13:12


I am very sorry to read about the distress and anxiety experienced by your family during your brother’s recent admission. This is not the standard of care we expect for our patients and I have passed your feedback on to the senior management team in Ward 4 PRI to look into why this happened.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further with you should you feel you are able to do this. You can contact me on Rachel.Hunt@nhs.scot.

Many thanks,

Rachel Hunt

Senior Nurse

Unscheduled Medicine, PRI.

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