Delayed ambulance call for medical distress

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• 2014 → 2025George Emmett10 years 7 months after Garry Gilbey · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high

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  Both reports highlight problems with the prison’s process for deciding when to summon an ambulance for a prisoner in medical distress. The earlier report notes the absence of a clear policy, while the later report stresses that an ambulance must be called without delay in all serious cases.

  Garry Gilbey · 10 Dec 2014

  “The Prison did not have a set policy about when an ambulance should be called.”

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  George Emmett · 8 Jul 2025

  “It is essential that an ambulance is called in all cases where there are serious concerns about the health of a prisoner and that access to both the prison and the individual prisoner is not delayed;”

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  Stated action in the response to the earlier report

  “Since Mr [name redacted] death Prison Service Instruction 2013/03 Emergency Response Codes has been issued. The PSI reminds staff who can call a medical emergency, and provides guidance on the use of the correct medical emergency codes, and what information should be communicated to the control room from the scene of the incident. It also states that all Governors must have a Medical Emergency Response Code protocol in place that is based on the PSI and that all prison staff must be made aware of and”

  Earlier report in the app · Later report in the app