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The truth about Mrs Scroggins and mistakes with medication

19 Oct 2009

The airwaves have been crackling with the news that lots of nice little old ladies in the country’s nursing and residential homes aren’t getting the medicines they need.

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Anonymous,
20 Oct 2009
Thank you for this. I did find the report a little hard to believe.

Mrs Scroggins will not sit bolt upright after her aledronate, sometimes she may refuse to take it, along with all her other meds. Sometimes, if we suggest to her that her medication is beneficial to her good health, she may throw her cup of tea over us.

Mr. Scroggins may refuse to take his statin before bedtimes as he has taken 'Enough bloody tablets today'. After checking with his GP he okays it to be given at 6pm, as better at 6pm than not at all.

The lovely gentleman in room four may not receive his diamorphine spot on the sixth hour, but maybe five or ten past as we have to break up the fight between Mr. and Mrs. Scroggins. Ninety-nine percent of the time he gets it at the right time.

99.9% of the time, residents have their right meds at the right time - if they will agree to take them, which most generally do. Unfortunately, as we do not have one-to-one staffing, these good people will not receive them at spot on 6pm say, but in the order they are given out which is alphabetically. margaret fairlie
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Anonymous,
20 Oct 2009
Sorry should have added to my comment that I am a nurse and work out of Newcastle. margaret fairlie
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