Summary
This policy paper from the Department of Health and Social Care sets out the Government’s response to the recommendations of the investigation into the death of Elizabeth Dixon in respect of the failures of care she received from the NHS.
Content
Elizabeth Dixon was a child with special health needs. She had been born prematurely at Frimley Park Hospital on 14 December 2000. Following treatment and care at Great Ormond Street Hospital and a children’s hospice she was nursed at home under a care package. As a result of a failure to clear a tracheostomy tube she asphyxiated and was pronounced dead at Frimley Park hospital on 4 December 2001.
The investigation chaired by Dr Bill Kirkup looked at the events surrounding the care of Elizabeth and makes a series of recommendations in respect of the failures in the care she received from the NHS. The report which set out the findings and recommendations of this investigation, The life and death of Elizabeth Dixon: a catalyst for change, was published on the 26 November 2020.
This policy paper details the UK Government’s response each of the report’s recommendations. It also highlights a number of areas where action is being taken by government departments, arm’s length bodies and other organisations in response to the investigations recommendations.
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