Charles Daniels

“Record keeping by the nursing team at Stepping Hill Hospital did not record the fluctuations in presentation relevant to the diagnosis of intracranial hypotension or to enable or confirm a review of his condition prior to discharge.”

“Neither the discharging nurse nor North West Ambulance Service personnel attending Stepping Hill on 6 March 2024, for the purposes of his discharge home, appear to have alerted a doctor to the significant deterioration in Mr [name redacted] condition since last assessed by a doctor on 4 March.”

“He arrived home by ambulance to his family in physically poor condition and clearly very unwell, on a stretcher in a hospital gown and incontinent, causing considerable distress to the family, particularly after a nurse, the paramedics and his carer questioned how they would cope with his care at home.”