Reginald Key
24 Jan 2018 · Coroner Margaret Jones · Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire
The coroner's concerns
1. patient discharged while still unwell
“The deceased had undergone surgery and was apparently discharged from the Royal Stoke University Hospital at 6pm on 1st December 2016. He was collected by patient transport. Clinicians tell me he was well on discharge. He was apparently deliver home at 10pm some 4 hours later when he was described as being very unwell with paramedics commenting that he should not have been discharged and that they had to carry him into the house. Family noted there were other patients in the transport vehicle”