A tragic patient who was rushed to an NHS Ayrshire & Arran hospital with a perforated bowel and kidney failure was given “very high doses of morphine” and ‘denied’ the opportunity of early palliative care.
And medical staff “should have checked” the medication prescribed to see if it was “working,” and “review or prescribe something else,” according to findings from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO).
Details of the case were outlined by the NHS watchdog, who partially upheld aspects of a complaint made against NHS Ayrshire & Arran.
