- Jayne Saunders is accused of ‘failing to deal appropriately’ with request
- It was the dying wish of a 14-year-old with leukaemia at Ty Hafan hospice
- She was eventually allowed to have a sleepover and she died shortly after
11:35 EST, 1 April 2014
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12:58 EST, 1 April 2014
The director of a children’s hospice ‘rolled her eyes’ at a girl’s dying wish to have a sleepover with her friends, a disciplinary panel was told today.
Jayne Saunders, 48, is alleged to have ‘failed to deal appropriately’ with the teenage girl’s wish to mark her birthday with a sleepover at the hospice for terminally-ill children.
The parents of the 14-year-old girl said Mrs Saunders ‘rolled her eyes’ when discussing the request.
Jayne Saunders, director of Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice, in South Wales, is accused of rolling her eyes at a teenage girls’ dying wish to mark her birthday with a sleepover
Her plea to have a sleepover at the hospice with her school friends turned out to be her final birthday wish.
It is alleged Mrs Saunders gave insufficient consideration to the feelings of the young girl – who was bedridden and dying of leukaemia.
Presenting officer Barnaby Hone said: ‘She had broken her leg and was limited in where she could go.
‘The only place suitable for care was Ty Hafan hospice. She was dying and it was clear that she was a terminal patient.’
The teenage girl spent her last days at the hospice between February and April 2008 to receive end-of-life care for leukaemia.
The girl’s parents claim Mrs Saunders said she ‘couldn’t have 14-year-old girls running up and down the corridor’ in the hospice.
Mrs Saunders is accused of ‘failing to deal appropriately’ with the patient’s request (image shows the hospice)
The young girl was eventually given her birthday sleepover after a risk assessment by the hospice staff.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing in Cardiff was told Mrs Saunders was director of care at Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice at Sully, South Wales, whose patron is Prince Charles.
It is also alleged Mrs Saunders gave the dying teenage girl a ‘blank ultimatum’ to allow regular sensitive examinations by hospice staff or face being kicked out.
Mr Hone said: ‘She was left with the decision that if she did not have those checks she had to leave.
The 14-year-old was eventually allowed to have a sleepover and she died of leukaemia shortly afterwards
‘The management of Ty Hafan knew she had no other place to go.’
Mrs Saunders joined Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice in 1998 as clinical team leader and became director of care in 2006.
She denies all allegations of professional misconduct.
The hearing continues.
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Exasperasted,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom,
6 minutes ago
Someone definitely needs to find a different line of work. I think she might make a good ATOS interviewer.
sal,
High Wycombe, United Kingdom,
21 minutes ago
Jayne oh Jayne… I hope you are never faced with your decisions !!!!! My thoughts to the the family and of course with the 14 year old taken too young.. RIP x
Julie Kennedy,
Bolton, United Kingdom,
2 hours ago
As Ive said before, the residents are the ones in charge not the staff. How callous can you be? If I ever go in a nursing home, they wont know what hit them thats for sure… I know its not the same but the same point
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