Inappropriate referral to Healthy Minds for complex PTSD
Pennine Care NHS Trust received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 16 Feb 2017 and 16 Nov 2017.
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.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“When a referral was made this was made to Healthy Minds. The Court heard evidence how this was not a case which was suitable for Healthy Minds as it was complex and involved potentially complex PTSD.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Pennine Care NHS Trust responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- 9 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“Similarly, patients cannot access a qualified Psychologist whilst under the care of the Home Treatment Team (HTT') etc. The only way for patients to get access to a Psychologist is through referral to 'Healthy Minds'. Health Minds cannot provide access where the patient remains under the care of the HTT etc.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:referral'HealthyMinds'
Pennine Care NHS Trust responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“The CCG commissioned a new Primary Care Mental Health Pathway during 2016/17, which mobilised in May 2017. The model has been developed to respond to the local population needs, preparing service users to access therapy in order to optimise recovery performance. The service is subject to robust a performance dependent payment framework which provides assurance of performance delivery.”
Stated timescale: May 2017
Web search (Tavily): No evidence found either way
Benefits of Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care - NeuroFlow ↗ - All reports to Pennine Care NHS Trust
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 → 2017John Haines9 months after Thomas Green · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight that patients cannot obtain appropriate psychological support through Healthy Minds while under other care pathways. The earlier case concerned an unsuitable referral for complex PTSD; the later case notes a general lack of psychologist access for Home Treatment Team patients.
Thomas Green · 16 Feb 2017
“When a referral was made this was made to Healthy Minds. The Court heard evidence how this was not a case which was suitable for Healthy Minds as it was complex and involved potentially complex PTSD.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ John Haines · 16 Nov 2017
“Similarly, patients cannot access a qualified Psychologist whilst under the care of the Home Treatment Team (HTT') etc. The only way for patients to get access to a Psychologist is through referral to 'Healthy Minds'. Health Minds cannot provide access where the patient remains under the care of the HTT etc.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“The CCG will clarify the Individual Funding Request process to ensure that, where required, Pennine Care staff can apply for individual funding for extraordinary care, e.g. for Complex PTSD and ensure that PC.FT staff are fully briefed about the process by 1/6/17.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
Stated action · timescale: May 2017
“The CCG commissioned a new Primary Care Mental Health Pathway during 2016/17, which mobilised in May 2017. The model has been developed to respond to the local population needs, preparing service users to access therapy in order to optimise recovery performance. The service is subject to robust a performance dependent payment framework which provides assurance of performance delivery.”
What happened next: No evidence found either way
The organisation did not state that the pathway was commissioned or operational by May 2017.
“Benefits of Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care”
“Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care”
No evidence found does not mean the action did not happen.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 → 2017 | 0.71 | 0.33 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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