If you work in a nurse agency or if you are currently signed up with a nursing recruitment agency because you are seeking care jobs or a carers position then you will know what an exciting experience this can be. With that in mind, a trust are now making headlines because a patient has died as the result of lack of staff training. This is especially the case when you look at sickle cell and training. Of course, Pippa Nightingale, who is the chief executive of London NHS has said that she has introduced a number of measures across her entire organisation. She said that they have come to the conclusion that they were not listening to the patients and that this had a long-lasting impact overall. The recognition of all of this had to change though when Tyrone Airey died in 2021. He was diagnosed with Sickle Cell disease and he was admitted in 2021. He complained that he had severe pain in his chest and in his back.

Repeated failings in care have largely been centred around the general management of pain relief. This lead to his death which happened to be death by painkiller toxicity. It has been ruled that the disease should be treated differently across hospitals and that more has to be done to try and help people who have the condition. Pain relief should be handed out to those who need it but with that in mind, it’s important to know that there are bigger drivers for change and that this man’s death could have been prevented if more steps were taken to ensure that he was given the help and support he needed but unfortunately it doesn’t look like this has been the case as he has been struggling.