Care home manager fined £4,000 after two wheelchair users drown in lake boat accident
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Summary
A care home manager was fined £4,000 after two wheelchair users, Alexander Wood and Alison Tilsley, drowned when a "wheelyboat" capsized on Roadford Lake. The boat, designed to carry wheelchair users, took on water and sank within minutes. The victims were strapped into electric wheelchairs with no means of release and were pulled under by the weight of their chairs. The manager failed to conduct a risk assessment for the service users' needs.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledA wheelyboat, ie, a boat designed to carry wheelchair users, had been hired from the centre for a trip on the lake.
Alexander Wood and Alison Tilsley, in particular, were strapped into electric wheelchairs without any means of being released from them.
Both were 'drowned by the weight of their wheelchairs' which pulled them under the water.
Miss Sowden did not undertake any risk assessment in relation to the needs of the service users… Nor did she ensu
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