{"id":723,"date":"2016-03-18T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2016-03-18T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:00:03","slug":"walk-in-centre-fails-twice-to-diagnose-sepsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/walk-in-centre-fails-twice-to-diagnose-sepsis\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk-In Centre Fails Twice To Diagnose Sepsis"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 12 year old girl has died after an NHS walk-in centre failed on two separate occasions to diagnose sepsis. <\/span><\/p>\n

Franchesca Pawson fell ill in January 2015 with a fever, high temperature and a rash. <\/span><\/p>\n

An inquest has heard that her mother took her to an NHS walk-in centre in Derby on Saturday 10 January, where she was examined by a nurse for \u201ctwo to three minutes\u201d. She was diagnosed with a viral infection and discharged with painkillers. <\/span><\/p>\n

The following day her condition had not improved, so Franchesca was taken back to the same walk-in centre. This time she was sent home with antibiotics. <\/span><\/p>\n

Franchesca continued to worsen and the next day was rushed to Royal Derby Hospital. She died later that evening of toxic septic shock with necrotising bronchopneumonia. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnrecognised by the healthcare professionals\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Deputy coroner Louise Pinder said: \u201cThe significance of her deteriorating condition over the weekend went unrecognised by the healthcare professionals who assessed her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a failure to escalate her care over the weekend, despite clinical findings falling outside the normal parameters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Expert witnesses at the inquest said signs of septicaemia had been missed by nurses at the walk-in centre. Criticisms were also made over poor record keeping. <\/span><\/p>\n

Two members of staff admitted there were failings to document Franchesca\u2019s condition properly. <\/span><\/p>\n

The issue of preventable sepsis deaths has been widely publicised recently, and the Government has been placed under pressure to improve sepsis care.<\/span><\/p>\n

The charity UK Sepsis Trust estimates there are 37,000 sepsis deaths each year in the UK, 12,500 of which could be avoided with earlier medical treatment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sepsis death claim<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you or your loved one has suffered because of delayed sepsis care, please get in touch with us to discuss your options. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 12 year old girl has died after an NHS walk-in centre failed on two separate occasions to diagnose sepsis. Franchesca Pawson fell ill in January 2015 with a fever, high temperature and a rash. An inquest has heard that her mother took her to an NHS walk-in centre in Derby on Saturday 10 January, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[331,645,785,786,560],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sepsis-2","tag-preventable-sepsis-deaths","tag-sepsis-death","tag-sepsis-death-derby","tag-sepsis-missed","tag-uk-sepsis-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}