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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Police fail to convey critical health information to ambulance crew

Organisation: Metropolitan Police · Generated: 27 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/37197fc9122ff1b7

The earlier warning

Edir DA Costa · 27 Jun 2019 · Nadia Persaud, London (East)

“Evidence was heard at the Inquest that errors were made in communicating information to the LAS.”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/edir-da-costa

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to Edir DA Costa (27 Jun 2019) · stated timescale: April 2020

“request that the working group, driven by Met training, review the attendance of officers at mandatory ELS training and review the systems in place for supervisors to monitor attendance”

judiciary.uk/…/2019-0211-Response-by-Metropolitan-Police.pdf

Stated action 2 · response to Edir DA Costa (27 Jun 2019) · stated timescale: October 2019

“The MPS are requested to review the training provided to staff in relation to the role of the safety officer in a street setting and to consider whether a reminder of the importance of the safety officer role, in the street setting, should be issued to staff (by way of bulletin or otherwise)”

judiciary.uk/…/2019-0211-Response-by-Metropolitan-Police.pdf

Stated action 3 · response to Edir DA Costa (27 Jun 2019) · stated timescale: October 2019

“Future restraint lessons will reference the revised Module 12 of the National Personal Safety Manual (NPSM) which was presented by Inspector Collett during the Inquest as the final draft”

judiciary.uk/…/2019-0211-Response-by-Metropolitan-Police.pdf

1 further stated action is listed on the full chain page.

What recurred

  • 26 Nov 2020 · Agnès Marchessou · Mary Hassell · Closely related · confidence 0.90 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Edir DA Costa · 27 Jun 2019

“Evidence was heard at the Inquest that errors were made in communicating information to the LAS.”

Later · Agnès Marchessou · 26 Nov 2020

“The police officer did not pass on this crucial account to the emergency ambulance crew who transported Ms [name redacted] to hospital, nor to any of the doctors or nurses at the hospital.”

What happened next

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Every quote is verified word for word against the original report on judiciary.uk. A link shows that a similar concern was raised again, not why. It is not a finding about any organisation or person.

Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Open Government Licence v3.0.