Fears some ambulances 'left Covid patients at home'
Some seriously-ill Covid-19 patients in London may not have been taken to hospital by ambulance because of a system temporarily used to assess people, a BBC investigation suggests.One family said they had to plead to get hospital care.Medical professionals use a scoring system, called 'NEWS2', as one way of identifying patients at risk of deteriorating, a check normally used for sepsis patients.
LAS said the system of checks it used reflects evolving understanding of how the disease progresses to identify those at risk of deteriorating. Over the Easter weekend, the LAS changed its guidance to say suspected coronavirus patients with a wider range of symptoms and a much lower NEWS2 score of three to five should be taken to A&E for assessment.
But two days later he was unable to get from the bed to the toilet and was begging for oxygen, so she called 999 again She said that, even though her husband was then taken in, the experience of having to persuade them was traumatic."It's just playing a lottery with lives."LAS said patient confidentiality meant they could not comment on the case.
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