NHS Trust fined £200,000 over death of a diabetic patient who was not given insulin due to poor recordkeeping (UK)
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been fined £200,000 for the ‘avoidable’ death of a 66-year-old diabetic who was not given insulin due to poor record-keeping.
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She was assessed on arrival in 2007 and described as a ‘brittle’ Type-1 diabetic, who needed daily injections of insulin to control her blood sugar.
However, the chart monitoring her blood glucose level was not completed for several days, a referral to a dietician was never acted on, forms were not signed by senior staff, and the ambulance crews’ record – containing key information – was never attached to Mrs Astbury’s medical notes.
Read more: MailOnline, April 28, 2014