Patricia Chapman
23 Apr 2015 · Coroner Andrew Tweddle · County Durham & Darlington
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of emergency advice access for community hospital staff
“(1) The revised training and flow chart does not include any reference to staff ina community hospital being able to obtain emergency advice from an expert in the emergency department of one of the Trust's acute hospitals (or from an expert in another department of the said hospitals if appropriate) to assist in giving immediate medical cover whilst, for example, other steps are being taken or whilst an ambulance is on route after having been summoned. It may well be the case that in urgent situations”