Joan Rimmer
3 Mar 2017 · Coroner Andre Rebello · Liverpool and Wirral
The coroner's concerns
1. delayed diagnosis of hip fracture
“the court is concerned that the Community Matron employed by Liverpool Community Health assessed her physiological response to a fracture without taking any physiological readings and further adjudged her to refuse to be x-rayed when a carer witness who was present has explained that the extent of her dementia on the 29th November was so severe she would not understand sufficient to give consent. This in part led to a two week delay before her hip fracture was diagnosed”
Responses
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