3.8 "All patients upon their admission were written up (by the doctor) who authorised the use of a syringe driver if appropriate. This enabled any member of nursing staff to set up a syringe driver for a patient without any further reference to the doctor"https://www.gosportpanel.independent.gov.uk/panel-report/part-one/chapter-3/page-2/ …
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>>"Despite my experience in elderly care I had never heard of a syringe driver It was also clear to me that any pt put onto a syringe driver would die shortly after During whole time I worked there I do not recall a single instance of a pt not dying having been put onto a driver"
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"Having reached agreement, [between 2 trained members of nursing staff that a patient required the use of a syringe driver), then the driver would be set up. The needle would be inserted into the patients back so as to make it impossible for it to be removed."
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>> "I have witnessed disagreements between nurses... these disagreements would be resolved by the nurse requiring the syringe driver approaching a more senior nurse and obtaining their consent. Once that consent had been obtained then the syringe driver would be set up" >>
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>>"I have never known of a case where a staff member did not obtain permission to use a syringe driver from senior staff." I haven't found a single mention of the patient's consent to treatment in all this yet. Just talk of getting 'consent' from a senior nurse. Is this for real?
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>>Oh, ok... here it is. Looks like they probably *didn't* have the patient's consent to kill him then? There's a surprise. Jees... "Knowing [the patient] as I did I am confident that he to would not have allowed the introduction of a syringe driver had he known of the outcome."
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>>"[The patient] subsequently remained unconscious until his death. He lasted some while. Whilst accepting that I have no medical qualification I am concerned that he was certainly not in imminent fear of death when he allowed the syringe driver to be introduced." This is unreal
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Replying to @C7RKY
Just looking at the stuff at the end of chapter 2 - patterns over time, doses prescribed etc. The panel clearly know their stuff and have presented it in a clear, well-reasoned and open-minded way. It looks awful.
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Doesn't it just. If this was the very first inquiry, it would be bad enough. But it's *far* from that. If several people don't end up in jail by the end of all this, then there is no justice, imho.
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Replying to @C7RKY
As you know, I’m very cautious about GNM prosecutions, but from what I’ve seen of this report, I agree with you.
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Replying to @jim_crawfurd
Glad to know it's not just me. Thanks for that Jim.
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