Should I complain about this nurse

They should not, without express permission to do - but they DO.

Or are you saying @Whatthefuck3456 that I imagined the DN walking straight into my home shouting 'DISTRICT NURSE!' without bothering to knock or wait?

District nurses treating my late father used the key safe to key themselves in

The DNs I work with all have access to systmone, and that's where they write up their notes. Everything goes on the patient record.

It would make no sense to have completely separate notes/care system. If other medical professionals were unable to access DNs notes, it could easily lead to huge errors in patient care.

Flipping heck yes! I'd definitely be asking questions.

Who are all these people saying it's none of your business?
I hope they never find themselves in the same vulnerable position of needing help.

You don't have to 'report' anyone but you definitely need to highlight the fact that more could have / can be done - there are so many weaknesses in a system where people are vulnerable and don't have relatives to step in and help.

We do the same for an elderly neighbour who has no family - they're not going to get the help and support they need if we don't speak up for them. Of course it's our business! - it's called caring.

Nurses / doctors / the NHS can apparently do no wrong in MN's eyes ............ but we know that's not always true in real life.

Well done @AprilF00L for caring about your neighbour - I'm of the generation where we do keep an eye on the people in our street / neighbourhood. Surely it's a good thing?

• but today it seems to be construed as 'interfering' ...................

So keep interfering! (but maybe not in a 'reporting' way, but more in a querying way?)

or just let it go?

My very vulnerable, very elderly neighbour fell in his house recently and was treated in his home by paramedics.

Today as I was rushing out to an appointment a district nurse approached me and said that she was there to visit my neighbour but he wasn't in/ This really alarmed me due to his vulnerabilities and physical state. I asked if she'd looked in all the rooms and she said she had. I got her phone number to contact her after my appt.

On my return an hour later I came across her again. She told me that she had returned to see if my neighbour had returned home.

He'd never been out. He was sleeping in bed. She lied. She hadn't looked in every room. He could have been dead for all she knew.7

I'm so annoyed at her lying. So unprofessional. AIBU to report her.

The DNs I work with all have access to systmone, and that's where they write up their notes. Everything goes on the patient record.

It would make no sense to have completely separate notes/care system. If other medical professionals were unable to access DNs notes, it could easily lead to huge errors in patient care.

The DNs I work with all have access to systmone, and that's where they write up their notes. Everything goes on the patient record.

It would make no sense to have completely separate notes/care system. If other medical professionals were unable to access DNs notes, it could easily lead to huge errors in patient care.

Would he have been visible from outside if tucked up in bed. I doubt a nurse is entitled to let themselves in.

District nurses don’t have access to medical records - they’re often not even based in a surgery to go and ask someone to access them. District nurses have a totally separate notes/care system

the only way they’d have a key safe number is if they actually been given it

Well. Thanks for all your thoughts. Just to let some of you know, I have cared in a minor way for this man for the past 2 years after his son died...he has no-one else. I have visited him in hospital after he fell down the stairs, I have fought social services on his behalf when he wasn't being cared for properly. I fought so hard that I had to actually take a step back. He has no relatives.No family left. He's left at the mercy of social services.
Perhaps I am over-protective of this lovely old man, suffering from dementia and severe mobility issues but if I won't look out for him, who will.

Thank you for the people who have understood my predicament. I only want the best for my neighbour. I won't report the nurse and hope that she has learnt a lesson.

The keysafe number would usually be noted on his medical record, which the district nurse would have had access to.

I think this is a wider issue than whether she lied or not. Yes, she should have looked upstairs. But DNs are overstretched, so many patients are discharged from hospital without a care package, and you would not believe the amount of time wasted by patients who are out when the DNs call on them (especially as DNs only visit patients who are housebound).

I'm not a DN, but deal with them. This is another wider NHS problem.

NHS nurses do have key safe numbers, a lot of patients can’t get up to answer the door.

This is the strangest thread. How on earth do I dislike nurses. How is that clear? I love some nurses. Including beloved family members whom I trust to be kind and thoughtful professionals. Including nurses I’ve had over the years who I remember fondly. I also know, like all people, some are capable of being not so good. So I don’t think op should just be jumped on as labelled as crazy because people, like yourself, don’t want to admit some nurses are capable of being neglectful.

He takes about 5 minutes to make his way to the door here is where I got practically bed bound btw. I mean, you’re the nurse.,..Perhaps he’s just a easily distracted old man but to me, anyone who takes 5 minutes to get to the door is struggling rather than just pissing about taking their time. And it seems like a dreadfully long time for someone who isn’t at least close to being bed bound or heavily chair/sofa bound.

Normally an elderly/ vulnerable persons keysafe number is on the NHS records. So a GP, paramedic, nurse can let them selves in. Totally standard.

Well. Thanks for all your thoughts. Just to let some of you know, I have cared in a minor way for this man for the past 2 years after his son died...he has no-one else. I have visited him in hospital after he fell down the stairs, I have fought social services on his behalf when he wasn't being cared for properly. I fought so hard that I had to actually take a step back. He has no relatives.No family left. He's left at the mercy of social services.
Perhaps I am over-protective of this lovely old man, suffering from dementia and severe mobility issues but if I won't look out for him, who will.

Thank you for the people who have understood my predicament. I only want the best for my neighbour. I won't report the nurse and hope that she has learnt a lesson.