Ayrshire carer who signed off on work not done placed patients 'at risk of harm'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

An Ayrshire support worker placed two patients at risk of harm when she signed off on care work that had not been carried out.

Kelly Neil’s behaviour was deemed “dishonest” by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) after she prepopulated patient log entries for work that had not been done.

The allegations date back to December 2015 when Neil was employed as a personal carer by East Ayrshire health and social care partnership in Cumnock.Neil signed an MAR (medical administration record), to indicate she had administered evening medication to a patient – when this was not the case – causing the patient to miss their dosage.She was also found to have prepopulated an entry for a bedtime visit to the same patient, and sign off on a hoist check log, when this wasn’t done.In an incident with another patient, Neil failed to report that she had carried out an earlier bedtime visit, resulting in that patient receiving two bedtime visits.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.And on another occasion, Neil prepopulated an entry for a bedtime visit to a patient in their personal carer visit log, stating she had repositioned them at 7.45pm – when this wasn’t the case.The SSSC told Neil: “By your actions, you did act dishonestly in that you sought to mislead your employer by indicating you had undertaken work which you had not.”The SSSC report goes on: “Social service workers