Olive Goom died at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in March 2011.
Olive's niece, Marion Hebbourne, said that she was only told of the death when she went to visit
her aunt and that she was "shocked" nobody in the family was consulted about Miss Goom being put on a
palliative care plan.
The hospital said it was "very sorry for the distress caused." (BBC News) A statement from the hospital said: "Chelsea and Westminster
Hospital would like to apologize to Marion Hebbourne for failings in the
way that our staff communicated with her in the days leading up to the
death of her aunt Olive Goom in March 2011."
The hospital said it has revised its procedures ollowing an investigation. The statement said: "Instead of a single tick-box for staff
to confirm that relatives have been involved in discussions about end of
life care, staff now have to specify what was discussed, when and with
whom."
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