Chest drain insertion without pre-procedure checks
Department of Health and Social Care received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 1 Aug 2014 and 15 Jul 2016.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 0 specific actions.
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“Mr. [name redacted] was not examined prior to the insertion of the chest drain.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Department of Health and Social Care responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- 1 year 11 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“given the evidence that the deceased would not have died when he did but for the drain”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Department of Health and Social Care responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to Department of Health and Social Care
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2014 → 2016James Kane1 year 11 months after Gerald Werrett · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight risks associated with chest drain insertion when proper pre‑procedure checks are omitted. The later report focuses on the drain’s contribution to death and suggests imaging could mitigate the risk, while the earlier report stresses missed examinations and labeling errors.
Gerald Werrett · 1 Aug 2014
“Mr. [name redacted] was not examined prior to the insertion of the chest drain.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ James Kane · 15 Jul 2016
“given the evidence that the deceased would not have died when he did but for the drain”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“we will ensure particular attention is attached to correct site location at the next review.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Department of Health and Social Care at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 → 2016 | 0.67 | 0.17 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
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