Serious life ending Sexual assault on a stroke ward

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Stroke 'played no part' in Blackpool hospital patient's death - BBC News https://share.google/E1kG2EjcGHJWiPXvA

Omfg. This is just horrendous. This poor woman. Bled to death on a stroke ward following a sexual assault on the ward. What on earth?

This should be on the main boards not just the feminist board - it is a feminist issue, but also an issue of concern about NHS culture and safeguarding
And the national news should cover it prominently.

Oh good Lord, that is one of the worst things I've ever read.

RIP Valerie. I'm so so sorry that you were murdered in this way.

WTF was going on in that hospital, on that ward? There should be a national public scandal about this.

Fucking men. The man who raped her, the men around her - medicos - who did nothing. The men who condone other men's inhuman behaviour. Words fail me.

I didn’t mean that as a criticism of Valerie’s family. Not at all. My heart goes out to them.

As I said, “after reading this…”

So due to staff actions, valuable evidence was lost. It was the police who picked up that Valerie’s death should be investigated, and the police who have been investigating for the last 5 years +

but it’s the police who should hang their heads in shame?

how are they supposed to secure a charge with no evidence? Perhaps you should join up if you could do it better?

That's horrifying and even more concerning if it were a member of staff working with vulnerable patients who hasn't been identified and may still be a healthcare worker. Though obviously, it could have been another patient.

This also happened at this hospital.
I always drive extra carefully while passing through the Blackpool area on the motorway up to Scotland. The hospital seems like a very dangerous dreadful place to be avoided at all costs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-67706765?app-referrer=deep-link

Yes it's terrible, and serious clinical errors and misjudgements were made that need to be explained. But I am not sure how the police can be blamed. They were called in a long time (in investigation terms) afterwards, and on what appeared to be an entirely unconnected matter. Post-mortems are not generally carried out 18 days after death, so it would seem that it was actually the thoroughness of the police investigations into allegations of mistreatment and neglect made several days afterwards that this death even came to light. By that time all possible evidence had gone. It doesn't matter how long you investigate something. If there is no evidence, then there is no evidence. I suspect that the unusually long delay in the coroners court was due to them turning over every stone they could, for several years, before coming to the conclusion they could not proceed any further.

Almost certain he will attack again. Without being indelicate and bearing in mind the (no doubt underplayed) horrific description of the injuries, there is no certainty that this was a man or a member of staff. Outrage is absolutely justified, but you cannot suspend people "until they speak the truth" when you have no evidence that they are lying.

What I would like to hear about is the wider context, because there was certainly something seriously awry in that ward and again, justified as the outrage is, the risk is that that fact gets lost.

Cross post Bridget. I didn’t know those extra details especially about the male nurse. 😱

It is utterly awful. I am sure the family is calling for heads and the CEO of the trust should have to resign.

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Cross posted with this - look at the dates. Those nurses were on the stroke ward, outed by a student nurse in November 2018 - that whistleblowing student nurse prompted the police coming in, clearly. That was what prompted them to investigate in the first place.

The faces of evil.

been following the Valerie case on the local news. It was only discovered by accident. i thought there would be some cctv footage for the day she died but seemingly not. No one saw anything or anyone. Appalling failure that seemingly was brushed away

Having complained to pals about a situation with a close relative in hospital, staff absolutely do protect their own.

But Nurses Are Angels 😇

I plan to write to my MP today and to Wes Streeting.
As a mum in her 50s with teenage children struggling and elderly parents approaching end of life, I am very conscious of the lack of care in our hospitals.
The NHS has got behind the trans movement in such a phenomenal way as evidenced by the NHS Fife tribunal, trending on Mumsnet, that they cannot say they do not have the resources to improve care for the elderly and mentally ill. They lack the desire to do so not the funds.

On a visit to an elderly person’s ward recently, I heard a lady ask for the toilet. There is no doubt that the health care assistants were busy but instead of acknowledging the lady’s request, they ignored her. When I went to them and told them that this lady needed the toilet, they told me that she had a pad. As a result, I did not leave my mother’s side for duration of her stay, other than overnight.
What has happened to some of the people working in the NHS that this is acceptable? What is wrong with the management?
I agree with a previous poster who said that we need to take the NHS off its pedestal and acknowledge the dire situation that it is in

Oh yes, I didn't think you meant that at all. Sorry, I was just thinking how awful it must be for them given that they were probably worried for her safety anyway.

Is there already a petition?

Fucking hell.

My MIL died this year, and the thought of someone doing anything like this to her in her most vulnerable time makes me both incredibly angry and emotional

This 100%
Whistleblowers, and those who have the nerve to speak up when things go wrong are penalised / punished. Their names get dragged through the mud while the perpetrators and bullies get away with it, they’re not held accountable.
This is why a lot of staff won’t speak up when they see wrongdoing.
How anyone can be a bystander when it comes to something as horrific as this I will never know.

I’m really glad to hear that. No need to be snippy with me.

This is just so shocking, and horrendous on so many levels. Valerie has been utterly failed

I cannot believe her injuries were severe enough to cause internal bleeding to the point of death but no external evidence. No one noticed any external bleeding or injuries. "clotting", yet she was likely on blood thinners which is what would have triggered the bleeding in the first place. Did no one provide any proper care to her? No toileting care? No washes? Did they not change her sheets? No one mentioned her mattress was soaked with blood? Someone must have cleaned it. She was on the ward for 3-4days afterwards.

Not to mention that someone must have done this without anyone else noticing. It's unlikely she was the only patient who this happened to. They only did the post mortem because of the serious other failings on this ward, how many other patients were missed? How many other women have been victims and perhaps don't even know if patients were drugged on this ward?

Horrific.

I had the misfortune to be in Singleton hospital a few years ago and the nurses bar one who I only saw occasionally were vile and sadistic.

Male nurse "in disbelief" at hearing of sexual assault claim on hospital ward

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydydl3n49o.amp

"Mr Pover was also asked about an exchange with a health care assistant who had been asked to clean Mrs Kneale's body shortly after her death.

He said she had told him there was a large amount of blood on the bed which was "too much for someone to deal with", and had asked for assistance.

Another health care assistant then went to help her, the court heard.

Gareth Thompson, representing Mrs Kneale's family, asked Mr Pover why he had not raised the matter with anyone else, saying: "The nurse brought concerns to you. Why didn't you do your job and react to those concerns?"

Mr Pover said he honestly did not know.
He told the inquest that he thought he had underestimated the seriousness of the situation.
"I don't think I computed it as blood," he said.
Mr Pover also said the health care assistant had not appeared "overly upset" about the situation and so he did not appreciate the urgency."

At nearly 70, I was brought up to respect the medical world. Unquestioningly.

Thankfully nothing like this but some very poor treatment.