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Case ref:201800345
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Date:July 2020
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Body:Lanarkshire NHS Board
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Sector:Health
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Outcome:Not upheld, no recommendations
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Subject:clinical treatment / diagnosis
Summary
Mrs C complained to us on behalf of her late son (Mr A). Mr A was admitted to University Hospital Monklands for surgery to treat perianal abscesses (a collection of pus or infected fluid near the anus). Mr A was discharged home and received visits from district nurses to check his surgical wounds. Mr A began to feel unwell and he died a few days after his discharge home.
Mrs C complained that Mr A did not receive reasonable care and treatment in the hospital and that district nurses failed to recognise Mr A was seriously unwell.
We took independent advice from a colorectal surgeon (a surgeon who specialises in conditions in the colon, rectum or anus) and a nurse. We found that the care and treatment Mr A received in the hospital was reasonable and there was no indication Mr A should not be discharged home. We found no evidence that district nurses were aware that Mr A was feeling unwell. Therefore, we did not uphold the complaint.