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Coroner’s reportPrevention of future deaths · 2024-0463

“Kay Simmonds was admitted to the Emergency Department of the Grange University Hospital…”

Dated 15 Aug 2024, from the coroner for Gwent. Sent to 1 organisation or person.

A coroner wrote this report after an inquest, to warn the organisations below about a risk of further deaths.

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  1. Report dated15 Aug 2024
  2. Deadline10 Oct 2024
  3. Published on judiciary.uk21 Aug 2024
  4. Today23 Oct 2026

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The coroner’s concerns

Kay Simmonds was admitted to the Emergency Department of the Grange University Hospital on 21/7/2022. At 14:40 a nurse performed observations and calculated her NEWS score. However this calculation was incorrect. As a result Kay was not referred to a senior medical practitioner in line with the NEWS algorithm. Additionally, the observations were not thereafter performed in line with the NEWS requirements. The miscalculation of NEWS and failure to recognise a deteriorating patient can put lives at risk.

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