Maureen Milton
22 Nov 2019 · Coroner Margaret Jones · Staffordshire (South)
This report repeats 1 earlier warning, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. petrol based emollient cream in use
“lack of awareness of this problem by medical professionals, carers, victims and their families”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“Zerobase and other emollient creams which contain a low level of paraffin pose a potential fire hazard risk.”
This report
“Evidence given by fire investigators was that they are increasingly attending fires involving (mostly) the elderly where there is evidence of petrol based emollient cream in use.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
This report
“Evidence given by fire investigators was that they are increasingly attending fires involving (mostly) the elderly where there is evidence of petrol based emollient cream in use.”
Later report
“However, there was no ability to place on a patient's medical records a 'Fire' flag to show that person has been classed as a fire risk due to smoking in bed etc.”
Responses
2019-0396-Response-by-Department-of-Health-and-Social-Care.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action · 2020
“the MHRA has convened a stakeholder group that includes representatives from the fire service, healthcare professionals and their representative bodies, organisations that provide guidance to health and social care workers, patient representatives and organisations that speak for relevant patient populations such as the National Eczema Society. The stakeholder group is designing and optimising sustainable training and educational resources for healthcare professionals and the public and their method”
2019-0396-Response-by-NICE.pdf ↗· Care Quality Commission
2019-0396-Response-by-Public-Health-England.pdf ↗· UK Health Security Agency