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The second signature
The second signature
Slug: signature Publication: The Weekly Reporter Editor: R. Okafor Length: 2,200 words Deadline: Mon 5 Oct 12:00

The second signature

On Ward 9 the controlled-drug count needs two registered nurses. At night there is often one.

By Ellis Marrow

On Ward 9 at Haldane Infirmary the controlled-drug book is signed twice, every time. {{check: every time, or every shift?}} At night the second name is often a guess.[^1]

## The rota

= who is on, and who is not

The night rota puts one registered nurse on Ward 9 from eleven until seven.

[^1]: Medicines policy 4.2, Haldane Trust, rev. 2024 (a made-up document for this sample).

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On Ward 9 at Haldane Infirmary the controlled-drug book is signed twice, every time. At night the second name is often a guess.[^1]

## The rota

The trust would not say how many counts one nurse signed alone.[^2]

[^1]: Medicines policy 4.2, Haldane Trust, rev. 2024 (a made-up document for this sample).

[^2]: Freedom of Information request filed 28 September; the trust's reply is due Mon 5 Oct.

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On Ward 9 at Haldane Infirmary the controlled-drug book is signed twice, every time. {{check: every time, or every shift?}} At night the second name is often a guess.

## The rota

The night rota puts one registered nurse on Ward 9 from eleven until seven. “Two of us sign, every time. That's the rule,” says Jo Adeyemi, the ward sister. {{source: Jo Adeyemi, ward sister, phone 30 Sept, on the record}}

The rota, pinned by the sluice, says otherwise. {{checked: the rota is pinned by the sluice}}

The trust would not say how many counts were signed by one nurse last year. {{check: FOI due Mon 5 Oct}}

## What happens next

The trust says a review is under way.

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Jo Adeyemiused in 1 section

Ward sister, Haldane Infirmary · reached by phone, 30 Sept

“Two of us sign, every time. That's the rule.” § 2

not checked back yet

Priya Raowaiting

Student nurse, Ward 9 · off the record

Medicines policy 4.2document

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  • every time, or every shift?

    § 1 · rests on: as the page says

  • FOI due Mon 5 Oct

    § 2 · rests on: as the page says

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  • the rota is pinned by the sluice

    § 2 · checked Tue 29 Sept

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On Ward 9 at Haldane Infirmary the controlled-drug book is signed twice, every time. At night the second name is often a guessadded at handover.

The trust would not saydeclined to say how many counts were signed by one nurse last year.

Nobody on the ward could say who the second nurse had been.

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The second signature
Slug: signature Publication: The Weekly Reporter Editor: R. Okafor Length: 2,200 words Deadline: Mon 5 Oct 12:00

The second signature

On Ward 9 the controlled-drug count needs two registered nurses. At night there is often one.

By Ellis Marrow

On Ward 9 at Haldane Infirmary the controlled-drug book is signed twice, every time. {{check: every time, or every shift?}} At night the second name is often a guess.[^1]1

## The rota

= who is on, and who is not

The night rota puts one registered nurse on Ward 9 from eleven until seven. “Two of us sign, every time. That's the rule,” says Jo Adeyemi, the ward sister. {{source: Jo Adeyemi, ward sister, phone 30 Sept, on the record}}

The trust says a review is under way. TK

[^1]:1 Medicines policy 4.2, Haldane Trust, rev. 2024 (a made-up document for this sample).

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The second signature

On Ward 9 the controlled-drug count needs two registered nurses. At night there is often one.

On Ward 9 at Haldane Infirmary the controlled-drug book is signed twice, every time. At night the second name is often a guess.1

1 Medicines policy 4.2, Haldane Trust, rev. 2024 (a made-up document for this sample).

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