Lack of joint access to NHS records by out of hours services
Department of Health and Social Care received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 16 Nov 2017 and 31 Jul 2020.
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 1 specific action.
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“The lack of (joint) access to NHS records by 'out of hours' services such as GPs, Urgent Care Centres etc.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Department of Health and Social Care responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“We are working towards all care records being digital and interoperable as part of the delivery of patient care.”
Stated timescale: 2018
- 2 years 8 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · higha different coroner
“Again, it is a matter of particular concern that an inability to access regular GP records in the out of hours setting raises additional risks for vulnerable patients.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:accessrecordshours
Department of Health and Social Care responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to Department of Health and Social Care
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2017 → 2020Amy Hogan2 years 8 months after Timothy Smedley · different coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight the absence of shared access to patients' regular GP/NHS records during out‑of‑hours care.
Timothy Smedley · 16 Nov 2017
“The lack of (joint) access to NHS records by 'out of hours' services such as GPs, Urgent Care Centres etc.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Amy Hogan · 31 Jul 2020
“Again, it is a matter of particular concern that an inability to access regular GP records in the out of hours setting raises additional risks for vulnerable patients.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Stated action · timescale: 2018
“We are working towards all care records being digital and interoperable as part of the delivery of patient care.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 → 2020 | 0.81 | 0.20 | Identical · 0.90 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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