11:27am
Asked about the notes, Letby says "ideally", they would be disposed of at the end of a shift in the confiential waste bin.
Letby says she would normally store the handover sheets in her pocket, and as a result would take them home.
The court has previously heard several handover notes were found at Letby's home at the time of her arrests.
Asked about the timings of the notes made, Letby says they would be as accurate as they could be made, and the prescriptions would be accurate "to the minute". The nursing notes would be approximations.
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Another piece of testimony I struggle to accept.
I work in a hospital in a clinical setting, I will almost always have some type of documentation containing confidential on my person (written handovers, scraps of paper etc).
Two VITAL aspects that throw shade on this justification/testimony:
1. Clinical staff (certainly within my trust and other trusts I’ve worked at) should NOT arrive to/leave work in their uniform - we are required to take our uniform into work and change in designated changing spaces.
2. IF I change out of my uniform at the end of my shift and find any confidential waste in my pockets, I will discard it into the confidential waste bin BEFORE leaving work. This was taught to us during our training, with a specific emphasis on the importance to ensure patient confidentiality.
Hence why I find it very difficult to accept this testimony. Confidential waste should NEVER be accidentally leaving the hospital with staff members, for the very reasons above.
Anyone else who works in a clinical setting have similar or different experience?
@marynnu?
