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Michael Buchanan Profile picture
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Sep 2, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Spent the day at the #JusticeforAmyAllan inquest where an expert witness told the court that mistakes by @GreatOrmondSt “contributed to her death”. Full details here bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
Dr Stephen Playfor said that decisions around Amy’s care amounted to “gross medical errors”. The court heard the doctor who removed her ventilation tubes had returned to India after his contract @GreatOrmondSt ended last week & wouldn’t be appearing at the inquest.
Earlier, an anaesthetist from @GreatOrmondSt said he didn’t agree that Amy was stable when her ventilation tubes were removed, as the hospital were telling her family, and had emailed colleagues to highlight his strong objections.
And while he accepted that no new medical data had come forward to change his opinion, his opposition was now more nuanced after speaking to other medics @GreatOrmondSt #JusticeforAmyAllan

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Mar 27, 2022
I don’t normally do this but as I’ve been asked what I think of the Sunday Times article on Shrewsbury, here are my thoughts.

thetimes.co.uk/article/95c4df…
The headline isn’t accurate. The 300 figure may/may not be right - we’ll find out on Wednesday - but the suggestion that a fixation on natural birth was the root cause of the problem is far too simplistic.
As we reported last month, on @BBCPanorama the trust were proud of their low levels of C sections and were lauded for it. The ST quotes from the documents we found

publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cm…
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Mar 18, 2021
Say hello to Sonia Deleon, a woman with a real zest for life, who loved singing & dancing. She also had some learning disabilities.
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“We had no consultation,” says Sally-Rose, “we would have disputed that and we would have said ‘we don’t want that in place’. At no point were we told that had taken place.”
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Oct 14, 2020
NEW: A patient with dementia was physically restrained on 19 separate occasions so that medical attention could be forcibly administered. Security guards were repeatedly called to help nurses and the man’s request for them to stop were ignored.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-542531…
The man was subjected to either bladder scans or the insertion of catheters, often without sedation. Medical staff would call security guards to hold down his arms and legs, sometimes bruising him in the process.
He was admitted to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford last November with a urinary retention problem. His dementia could sometimes make him aggressive & refuse treatment. Experts say he should have been reassured and treated calmly. Instead he was forcibly restrained.
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Jun 2, 2020
NEW: At least 25 people have died at a care home in Durham after an outbreak of Coronavirus. The death toll is thought to be the highest in a care home in Britain so far. Melbury Court, an 87 bed home owned by HC-One, provides a mix of residential, nursing and dementia care.
Among the victims was 92 year old Samuel Wilson. His family say they believe he contracted the virus after the care home insisted he go to hospital for day treatment. His grand-daughter told us: “In my opinion they took an unnecessary risk, a risk that cost grandad his life.”
This is Samuel who, his family say, was in fine spirits until he caught Covid19
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