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Raymond Eggleton

2023-0457
Prevention of Future Deaths Report

Coroner

Coroner's area

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David Ridley

Wiltshire and Swindon

17 November 2023

Report recipients

Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

"Raymond was admitted to hospital the day before with a history of recent falls attributable to orthostatic hypotension and was frail by virtue of his age. The falls risk assessment, prior to the fall on the ward, did not accurately take into account this history and as a consequence there was no assessment in respect of his additional care needs which more likely than not should have resulted in 1:1 care which probably would have avoided the severity of the injury by managing the fall when he needed to urinate or avoided him having to get out of bed in the first place."

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