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"Staff good but no medication checking and no monitoring"

About: Ninewells Hospital / Accident & Emergency

(as a relative),

While my husband was attending A&E for leg injury he required pain relief. No one checked his date of birth before giving him the medication. He never had a wrist band on with name, DOB and his allergies. He is allergic to morphine and they tried to give him some for pain relief, he has previously had oxycodone but was told they didn't have any other pain relief except paracetamol and ibuprofen, which he was given. They also Checked his BP with was over 200/100, and the nurse just said that's fine. I'm a nurse and was concerned about these facts. The nursing staff were good and attentive but I worry that if he wasn't alert mistakes could of been made. He has since followed up the bps. 

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Response from Andrew Kinnon, ED, NHS Tayside 13 months ago
Andrew Kinnon
ED,
NHS Tayside
Submitted on 11/03/2024 at 09:57
Published on Care Opinion at 09:57


Dear CNur45

Thank-you for taking the time to feedback about aspects of your Husbands recent attendance at Ninewells Emergency Department. I am pleased to hear that the Nursing team were attentive. I'm sorry to hear that there was some areas of feedback that could be improved. I will discuss these with the Senior ED nursing team for review.

Thank-you for taking the time to post, its only through feedback that we can review, reflect, action and learn.

I hope your husband's leg injury is on the mend.

kind regards

Dr Andrew Kinnon

Co-Clinical Lead in Emergency Medicine

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