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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Lack of centralised prescription database

Organisation: Department of Health and Social Care · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/7ec2e91b6a67489c

The earlier warning

Deborah Headspeath · 18 Nov 2019 · Nigel Parsley, Suffolk

“There is no single database that allows a prescribing clinician to identify what prescription only medication has already been prescribed to any particular patient.”

judiciary.uk/…/deborah-headspeath

What was promised

A published response was found, but no specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.

What recurred

  • 21 Oct 2021 · Jamie O'Connor · Dianne Hocking · Identical hazard · confidence 0.95 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Deborah Headspeath · 18 Nov 2019

“There is no single database that allows a prescribing clinician to identify what prescription only medication has already been prescribed to any particular patient.”

Later · Jamie O'Connor · 21 Oct 2021

“There is no central tracking system or central database to record what each person has been prescribed and dispensed and by whom.”

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.