“e Those caring for Mr Willis at William Harvey Hospital recognised the need to contact St…”
Dated 30 Mar 2015, from the coroner for Central and South East Kent. Sent to 1 organisation or person.
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- Report dated30 Mar 2015
- Deadline25 May 2015
- Published on judiciary.uk30 Mar 2015
- Today23 Oct 2026
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|---|---|
| East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustNamed in the report as “East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust” | Response publishedPublished on judiciary.uk in March 2015. |
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e Those caring for Mr Willis at William Harvey Hospital recognised the need to contact St Thomas’ Hospital about the procedure that he had undergone there but failed to liaise with the tertiary centre before 29'" October, even though this was well documented in the medical records on the first and third admissions that it should be. | am of the opinion that contact with the tertiary centre which had operated on Mr Willis should have been made when he first presented at William Harvey Hospital on 14 October, and thereafter on 22™4 October and on 25'" October as Dr ii had requested. e Dr (did not act on the email sent to her by Dr. Had she liaised with him it is likely, given his flu-like illness and increasing white cell count, that he would have been investigated with CT imaging either at St Thomas’ Hospital or William Harvey Hospital at an earlier stage than 29" October, thus allowing the opportunity to _ to exclude rare complications, as he requested in his email to Dr
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