Just wondered whether it was standard to refer any infant A&E visit to SS? Or whether we've been singled out somehow? Worried...
Our 3-week old DS has just learned to roll by wriggling legs and arms about. Unbeknownst of this, DH was supervising him on our double bed while I sent emails on the other side of the room. DH popped out of the room for a moment and DS managed to roll off the folded quilt, and fell onto the bedroom carpet.
He gave a little cry and seemed okay, but we panicked and called 111. They told us to take him to a&E within the next six hours, which we did immediately. We then waited four hours under observation incase he'd had a head injury (we thought he fell nappy-first, but couldn't be 100% as it happened quickly) and the paediatrician checked him over - no sign of injury.
Yesterday DH gets a call from SS on my mobile (his is in for repair) asking to access DS's medical records from the hospital. The SS guy asked various questions about whether DS 'rolled' or 'wriggled' onto the floor, and asked about a mental health condition (autism) neither of us had been diagnosed with.
From reading Mumsnet, I would expect a visit from a HV after an A&E visit, but no SS involvement. I'm baffled. Neither of us have any involvement with SS, we have no mental health issues, and DS wasn't injured.
Obviously, I've spent a long time trying to work out what would alarm someone about us or why SS called. I have opted out of agency-wide data sharing for political/medical confidentiality reasons, so wondered whether SS involvement was routine with a baby A&E visit and the only reason we'd had a call is to get our permission to share DS's data.
DH called 111 on my phone and - if the call handler reported us for some bizarre reason - this would explain why SS called my phone asking for him.
Also, when we got to the hospital, the triage receptionist refused to believe that DS had rolled (as apparently 'newborns can't move' - someone should tell DS that...), threw an accusatory glance at DH and I have to admit to snapping at her. We had been waiting for a long time in a huge queue in which two sets of parents had got into a shouting match over who had got there first. I had been trying to keep DS awake (as we'd been advised to by 111), and was stressed. I didn't like someone who couldn't even see DS accusing us of abuse for no real reason. I should mention that neither the hospital paediatrician, paediatric nurse or community midwife (who came around to our house later to look at my stitches) seemed remotely concerned by the incident. However, I'm concerned the receptionist decided we'd abused DS and reported us.
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user1476694639 · 30/11/2016 11:40
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