of deteriorating, that temperatures were missed and observations weren t carried out often enough. it said that nurses didn t have the right skills to keep children safe. the hospital apologised to families who felt let down and, last month, insisted changes were being made. we are improving some of those services and we re committed to making our services the best they possibly can be. but, since then, more families have come forward, including the parents of baby 0livia dooley, who was transferred to skylark ward after having a cyst removed from her neck at great 0rmond street hospital in february. 0ver seven weeks, staff apparently failed to change her breathing tube and, when it was taken out, her parents were told that 0livia stopped breathing for between seven and 1a minutes and only narrowly survived. for her to deteriorate the way she did, the team at great 0rmond street said it s rare and unheard of, really. i don t care where she s got to go, but she s not going back to kette
about kettering general hospital s sepsis treatment, staff numbers and dirt levels. the faces of children whose parents claim they were poorly treated and left traumatised by kettering general hospital. we ve spoken to 50 families who say staff ignored symptoms of serious illnesses, sometimes with fatal consequences. in december, the care quality commission took action to ensure people were safe on the children s unit, skylark ward, and the paediatric emergency department, with services placed at risk of closure. today s report by the care regulator underlines many of the concerns from parents, and rated paediatric services at the trust as inadequate. it said that treatment for sepsis was ineffective, that one boy who developed sepsis in december wasn t screened for hours, which was unacceptable. in particular, the report said that staff did not always act quickly upon children who are at risk
but, since then, more families have come forward, including the parents of baby olivia dooley, who was transferred to skylark ward after having a cyst removed from her neck at great 0rmond street hospital in february. over seven weeks, staff apparently failed to change her breathing tube and, when it was taken out, her parents were told that olivia stopped breathing for between seven and 14 minutes and only narrowly survived. for her to deteriorate the way she did, the emt team at great 0rmond street said it s rare and unheard of, really. i don t care where she s got to go, but she s not going back to kettering. she can go anywhere around the country. she s not going back there. great 0rmond street said that, as well. they said they wouldn t send her back there. they said that? yeah. wow. so you don t think she s safe there? both: no. the hospital trust said it wouldn t comment on individual cases, but the ceo, deborah needham, said a comprehensive programme had been launched to look a
we ve spoken to 50 families who say staff ignored symptoms of serious illnesses, sometimes with fatal consequences. in december, the care quality commission took action to ensure people were safe on the children s unit, skylark ward, and the paediatric emergency department, with services placed at risk of closure. today s report by the care regulator underlines many of the concerns from parents, and rated paediatric services at the trust as inadequate. it said that treatment for sepsis was ineffective, that one boy who developed sepsis in december wasn t screened for hours, which was unacceptable. in particular, the report said that staff did not always act quickly upon children who are at risk of deteriorating, that temperatures were missed and observations weren t carried out often enough. it said that nurses didn t have the right skills to keep children safe. the hospital apologised to families who felt let down and, last month, insisted changes were being made. we are improving som
the faces of children whose parents claimed they were poorly treated and left traumatised by kettering general hospital. we ve spoken to 50 families who say staff ignored symptoms of serious illnesses, sometimes with fatal consequences. in december, the care quality commission took action to ensure people were safe on the children s unit, skylark ward, and the paediatric emergency department, and last month, the hospital insisted changes were being made. we are improving some of those services, and we re committed to making our service is the best they possibly can be. but since then, more families have come forward, including the parents of baby 0livia, who was transferred to skylark ward after having a cyst removed from her neck at great 0rmond street hospital in february. 0ver seven weeks, staff apparently failed to change her breathing tube, and when it was removed, her parents were told she had a cardiac arrest and stopped breathing for up to 14 minutes. for her to deteriorate the