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FAIs: issues for families and carers
- Author:
- SMITH Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 379, May 2009, pp.120-121.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
This article examines some of the areas covered by a review of the Fatal Accident Inquiry System in Scotland. The review followed the death of Roderick Donnett, a man with Down's syndrome who died whilst living in a care home. The article focuses specifically on key issue for families and carers as well as people with learning disabilities.
An avoidable death? Reflections on the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Roderick Donnet
- Authors:
- PATRICK Hilary, SMITH Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 361, November 2007, pp.251-254.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
In May 2003 Roderick Donnet, a man with Downs Syndrome, died from bronchopneumonia. This occurred as result of an untreated outbreak of ulcerative colitis. Mr Donnet, who had been diagnosed with dementia, was 50 and resident in a care home at the time of his death. In 2007, a fatal accident inquiry was held in to Mr Donnet's death. This article considers some of the matters raised at the inquiry, which highlighted concerns both about the way the health and social care system in Scotland treat people with mental disabilities, and about the fatal accident inquiry system itself.