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"Wrong dosage of medication given"

About: Glasgow Royal Infirmary / General Surgery (wards 64, 65, 66,& 67)

(as a parent/guardian),

For three days in early February, my daughter was kept in a Ward at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for minor surgery.

She has been on medication for mental health issues that the staff of the ward was supposed to give her.

The list and dosage of medication was provided by her psychiatrist. Before leaving my daughter in hospital, I also left a note with dosage and medications with staff.

Next morning, I discovered that my daughter had been given a significantly lower dose of anti-psychotic medication and would have been given a lower dosage in the evening. The wrong dosage was recorded in the medical chart and had been entered by a consultant.

If the wrong dosage had been continually given then my daughter's mental and physical health would have been in extreme danger. 

I made a complaint on that day.

As of today (10 days later), I have received no feedback.

I believe this to be negligent.

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Response from John Carson, Chief Nurse, North Sector, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 3 years ago
John Carson
Chief Nurse, North Sector,
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Submitted on 05/03/2021 at 10:48
Published on Care Opinion at 11:19


Dear natmcvit,

I am sorry to hear about the concerns you have raised about the care of your daughter with regard to her medication dose while under our care after surgery.

I am also sorry for the delay in my response. I tried to investigate your concerns through our complaints department, however this has proved difficult with the details available.

In order to more fully address your concerns, would you contact our complaints liaison team at the email address below to provide your daughter’s details and enable us to better respond to your concerns?

Kind regards

John

complaints@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

John Carson

Chief Nurse North Sector

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

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