Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Lack of mandatory sprinklers in care homes for limited mobility residents
The earlier warning
Daphne Holloway and Ivy Spriggs · 10 Feb 2022 · Geoffrey Sullivan, Hertfordshire
“That sprinkler systems are not a mandatory requirement for care homes whose occupants have either limited or no independent mobility and are therefore at higher risk from fire.”
judiciary.uk/…/daphne-holloway-and-ivy-spriggs-prevention-of-fu…
What was promised
No published response from Communities and Local Government was found for the earlier reports.
What recurred
- 16 Mar 2023 · Brian Harfield · Penelope Schofield · Closely related · confidence 0.85 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · Daphne Holloway and Ivy Spriggs · 10 Feb 2022
“That sprinkler systems are not a mandatory requirement for care homes whose occupants have either limited or no independent mobility and are therefore at higher risk from fire.”
Later · Brian Harfield · 16 Mar 2023
“lack of compulsory provision for sprinklers or other fire safety measures to protect those who live at home (outside of care homes) but are being provided with extra care facilities or those in retirement type provision.”
What happened next
No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.