Leslie Lerner

1. 1. inappropriate sling application

   “Junior Doctor applied wrong sling with wrong knot for Mr [name redacted] after she had learned that he had had a fractured shoulder which was to be treated conservatively”

2. 2. premature discharge without senior review

   “Mr [name redacted] was kept in the Royal Sussex County Hospital overnight and i towards the middle of the day he was discharged without a Senior Review”

3. 3. delayed analgesia administration

   “Mr [name redacted] was back at the RSCH, by ambulance at 1006 hrs in considerable pain and discomfort.”

4. 4. failure to implement orthopaedic recommendation

   “Having been admitted to a renal ward, because of lack of beds elsewhere, a member of the medical staff had a telephone discussion with a member of the Orthopaedic Team and a collar and cuff sling was recommended. This information was not passed onto the Nursing Staff, not properly documented nor was the Patient actually seen by a member of Orthopaedic Team”

5. 5. lack of continuity and hands-off care

   “There is no evidence of any continuity of care.”

6. 6. delayed recognition of sling-induced injury

   “This was the day (nine days after its application) that hospital staff realised that the sling was incorrectly tied, and of the wrong type, and had caused a long deep Grade 2 pressure sore and necrotic ulcerated area where it had been pressing into the back of Mr [name redacted] neck”

No published response was found on judiciary.uk.