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Case ref:202100985
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Date:January 2022
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Body:Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board - Acute Services Division
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Sector:Health
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Outcome:Not upheld, no recommendations
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Subject:Clinical treatment / diagnosis
Summary
C complained to the board about the care and treatment which their late parent (A) received at the A&E at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. A had presented as an emergency following them taking too much medication. A was not admitted to hospital but was discharged home and advised to take Codeine (a sleep-inducing and analgesic drug derived from morphine). A died shortly after their discharge from hospital.
We sought independent clinical advice from a professional adviser. We found that apart from a failure to complete some initial observations, staff in A&E performed appropriate investigations and that it was clinically appropriate to discharge A from hospital. There was no indication from the clinical records that staff had prescribed A Codeine on discharge or that this was said to them. We did not uphold the complaint.