Inadequate discharge decision analysis
Pennine Care NHS Trust received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 23 Apr 2020 and 20 Jan 2026.
They came from 2 different coroners. 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 1 specific action.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“There does not appear to be a formalised decision-making process in place involving both Trusts to review the treatment plan to determine the optimum medical and psychiatric care to suit the particular patient's needs.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Pennine Care NHS Trust responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“It is planned that his will go live at the end of August 2020”
Stated timescale: end of August 2020
- 5 years 9 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.90 · higha different coroner
“The investigation does not undertake any meaningful critical analysis of the decision- making process which resulted in her section being rescinded and her therefore being discharged notwithstanding family concerns in circumstances where no s17 leave had first been trialled”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Pennine Care NHS Trust responded.Response (PDF) ↗
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2020 → 2026Linda Fury5 years 9 months after Gordon Fenton · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight deficiencies in decision‑making processes concerning patient care and discharge planning. The earlier report cites missing formal cross‑trust review, while the later report notes inadequate analysis of internal discharge decisions.
Gordon Fenton · 23 Apr 2020
“There does not appear to be a formalised decision-making process in place involving both Trusts to review the treatment plan to determine the optimum medical and psychiatric care to suit the particular patient's needs.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Linda Fury · 20 Jan 2026
“The investigation does not undertake any meaningful critical analysis of the decision- making process which resulted in her section being rescinded and her therefore being discharged notwithstanding family concerns in circumstances where no s17 leave had first been trialled”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“The joint SOP which is scheduled to be trialled in August 2020 will apply to all patients within PCFT's older peoples' mental health inpatient wards. Both organisations will continue to work in partnership to identify, agree and establish working parameters for the Digital Health Team at TGH to support the physical health needs of older people receiving mental health care and treatment on Summers & Hague wards, of which Mr [name redacted] was a patient. The offering of Digital Health services will be conducted”
Stated action · timescale: end of August 2020
“It is planned that his will go live at the end of August 2020”
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 Pennine Care NHS Trust 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 → 2026 | 0.69 | 0.19 | Closely related · 0.90 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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Other chains for Pennine Care NHS Trust
- Assumption about capacity context2 reports · 2022–2026
- Medication monitoring and discharge risk assessment failures4 reports · 2016–2024
- Incompatible electronic records hinder mental health information sharing4 reports · 2018–2023
- Inadequate record keeping compromising patient safety3 reports · 2014–2018
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