5 month old grandson given wrong medication

[determindator]

Glad you all replied to Zippy. Of course it's relevant an unlicensed drug for this age group has been dispensed without due care. It's unlicensed for that age group and there are rules attached to that. It will be of great significance and relevance in this terrible situation.

 

That's very good news Tilly. The personal communication has started. I'm sure safeguarding and the CQC will be raised. You can see how this meeting progresses first, and then decide whether you need to contact your Trust.

Edited July 3, 2011 by determindator

[terriersaregreat]

Great news, best of luck for Wednesday. Know that you will take notes but had you thought of an independent person being present i.e. not family? Past experience has taught me that no matter how nice people are (or appear to be) always nice to have that independent person around for clarification at a later date.

TAG

[honeybee13]

Hello again. Best wishes for Wednesday, please let us know how it goes.

 

HB x

[Night Owl]

Good luck Tills x

[**Tilly**]

Hope it all goes well.

 

Hello again. Best wishes for Wednesday, please let us know how it goes.

 

HB x

 

Good luck Tills x

 

Thank you...will let you all know asap how it went xx

going over to my sons shortly sooo lots of cuddles and spoiling i think

[**Tilly**]

Great news, best of luck for Wednesday. Know that you will take notes but had you thought of an independent person being present i.e. not family? Past experience has taught me that no matter how nice people are (or appear to be) always nice to have that independent person around for clarification at a later date.

TAG

 

Hiya TAGS

 

Totally agree with you, i have a work colleague attending the meeting as an independant witness/person.Thank you for your good wishes for tomorrow.

[**Tilly**]

cag playing silly games again lol double post

[MARTIN3030]

Sorted.

This can sometimes happen when site refreshes.

[determindator]

That's very good news your work colleague can attend Tilly. Thank goodness progress has started. x

[**Tilly**]

Meeting with GPC lasted just over an hour...where a 4 page witness statement was taken from daughter in law,and copies of wrong meds box, signed a letter for dpa to give permission to speak to grandsons doctor and access to his medical notesVery reluctant to answer any questions asked . she

was only there to collect all the evidence and will going on to the surgery from here.All the evidence and witness statements now get passed to the fitness to practice dept at the GPC with her report where they evaluate the complaint.So the ball is rolling.

[Night Owl]

It's all going the right way Tilly, collating evidence..........good luck x

[honeybee13]

Hello again Tilly, I was wondering earlier how it was going. Night Owl knows far more about the procedures than I do, but it sounds encouraging.

 

How are you and the parents feeling now?

 

HB x

[determindator]

Good progress Tilly. The GP Practise is involved now so all the professions brought together. Glad the proper procedures are now in motion. Must be a great relief the investigation is being taken forward for you now after all your efforts to get moving. Well done.

 

Love to your Grandson x

Edited July 6, 2011 by determindator

[**Tilly**]

Hello again Tilly, I was wondering earlier how it was going. Night Owl knows far more about the procedures than I do, but it sounds encouraging.

 

How are you and the parents feeling now?

 

HB x

 

Good progress Tilly. The GP Practise is involved now so all the professions brought together. Glad the proper procedures are now in motion. Must be a great relief the investigation is being taken forward for you now after all your efforts to get moving. Well done.

 

Love to your Grandson x

 

Hi HB

 

Like Termi says above a lot happier now things are moving along.

 

will update as soon as we hear anything.

[determindator]

Meanwhile back at the ranch

 

Well it gets better..few more things have come to light reading through my daughter in-laws notes

it turns out that on the said day...there was only 2 staff on should be 3.... 1counter staff.. 1dispensing assistant and the duty pharmacist.On this particular day there was no counter staff so the dispensing

assistant was put on the counter leaving the pharmacist to check her work which is normally double

checked.Also the wrong meds where stored along side the right meds.

 

The complaint forms are filled in and ready to go Monday morning

 

Has it been clarified if the assistant dispensed the medicine and the pharmacist checked it?

[**Tilly**]

Meanwhile back at the ranch

 

Well it gets better..few more things have come to light reading through my daughter in-laws notes

it turns out that on the said day...there was only 2 staff on should be 3.... 1counter staff.. 1dispensing assistant and the duty pharmacist.On this particular day there was no counter staff so the dispensing

assistant was put on the counter leaving the pharmacist to check her work which is normally double

checked.Also the wrong meds where stored along side the right meds.

 

The complaint forms are filled in and ready to go Monday morning

 

Has it been clarified if the assistant dispensed the medicine and the pharmacist checked it?

 

Hi Termi

 

Yes it was the pharmacist that dispensed the medicine and checked her own work!!

[terriersaregreat]

Hi Tilly! For some reason havn't received any updates. But found you again.

 

Pleased the meeting went well and glad you had a work colleague with you. We shall now all sit and wait with you and your family for the next step. Must be such a relief for your daughter to get it all off her chest. Wish you all well and take care of that tough little darling. What a boy he must be!

 

TAGx

[**Tilly**]

Not been on the thread as nothing to update until now....

 

At last things seem to be moving, i gave them a ring this afternoon and was told that the investigation

had been completed and all statements and evidence had been collected from all parties and has now been passed to the examination board to be assessed for a decision to be made,and we will recieve a letter in the next week or so.

Looking forward to seeing their report and findings:roll:

[Nystagmite]

Hope all goes well and that it doesn't take too long.

[Night Owl]

Fingers crossed for a good outcome Tilly x

This must never, ever, happen again.

[beachbird]

I hope you get a good explanation how it all happened and not just them saying " lesson will have been learned" As they usually say this but they never do learn do they it just goes on and on im just so pleased your baby grandson didnt suffer any after affects xx

[**Tilly**]

I hope you get a good explanation how it all happened and not just them saying " lesson will have been learned"

I hope so to BB....there not going to be given a free get out jail card this time

 

As they usually say this but they never do learn do they it just goes on and on

no they don't but as Night owl says,this must never happen again not just to my grandson but to anyone.

im just so pleased your baby grandson didnt suffer any after affects xx

 

Thank you :-)xx

[**Tilly**]

Not forgotton about this thread.... still no further on since i last updated it has now yet again been passed onto another dept,despite phone calls from my daughter in-law and getting fobbed off with you will be getting a phone call shortly or a letter...sounds to me they are being given the

run around:roll:

[terriersaregreat]

Hi Tilly!

I wish you and your family a much happier New Year.

 

Re your post, this is just so typical of them isn't it? They listen, and you think they understand but then the shutters are closed. I suppose it's to do with insurance. But when oh when will they learn that we really need transparency, it is only in this way that mistakes will not be made in the future.

 

I just don't get how when it is so evident that a mistake was made, that it is not addressed, sorted and we can all move on andthey can learn from their mistake. It is always the case that they do not admit the mistake, cause goodness only knows how much in costs via insurance, hope that we will "go away" because we will give up. Why oh why don't they understand?

 

Keep in touch. Take care.

TAGx:faint:

[**Tilly**]

Well after months of waiting finally some positive news,the pharamist is being called to a hearing with the fitness to practice committee, the documents have been served and now awaiting a datewith the GPC in London which are also public hearings.

The fitness to practise committee hears cases where a registrants fitness to practise is in question and takes decisions. They can issue sanctions or take away their registration to practice number.So things are starting to move and like Tags says hopefully can start to move on.

 

Tills x