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Pre-inquest brief

Inadequate risk assessment for self-harm patients

Organisation: Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/52ea7352c01e4490

The earlier warning

Alexander Holt · 3 Feb 2015 · Christopher Dorries, South Yorkshire (West)

“It was accepted at the inquest that more could have been taken into account in risk assessing Mr [name redacted].”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/alexander-holt

What was promised

No published response from Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust was found for the earlier reports.

What recurred

  • 20 Nov 2023 · Gareth Etchells-Height · Alexandra Pountney · Closely related · confidence 0.80 (moderate)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Alexander Holt · 3 Feb 2015

“It was accepted at the inquest that more could have been taken into account in risk assessing Mr [name redacted].”

Later · Gareth Etchells-Height · 20 Nov 2023

“There was a failure to update [the deceased]'s risk assessment, which at the date of his death was last updated on 7 April 2022.”

What happened next

No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.

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.