Steven Welch
7 Aug 2018 · Coroner Sarah-Jane Richard · South Wales Central
The coroner's concerns
1. delayed medical assistance for head injury
“errors in assessing the urgency of the need for medical assistance and the delay in providing that assistance were considered unlikely to have contributed to [the deceased]'s death”
2. absence of interventionist radiologists at RGH
“Failure by the Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board to have any interventionist radiologists in employment at the time thereby failing to provide tertiary support to the RGH and necessitating its patients to be sent out of area to England for treatment with inevitable delay;”
3. lack of electronic radiology transfer software
“Failure by the Cwm Taf Health Board and Vale University Local Health Board to have computer software in place to enable electronic transfer of radiology to hospitals and specialist centres out of Wales for review and consultation”
Responses
2018-0267-Response-by-NHS-Wales.pdf ↗· NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
2018-0267-Response-by-Welsh-Ambulance-Services.pdf ↗· Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust