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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Inadequate inter-agency communication about risk and urgency

Organisation: Department of Health and Social Care · Generated: 27 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/e7f9dddf45730990

The earlier warning

Richard Jones · 20 Feb 2015 · Ian Singleton, Wiltshire & Swindon

“As to how that information is shared with other agencies involved in the care of that patient to ensure that it is accurately passed on, particularly as to the level of risk and degree of urgency.”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/richard-jones

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to Richard Jones (20 Feb 2015) · stated timescale: end of April 2015

“The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has responsibility for the provision of primary care services for serving personnel. The MoD also provides additional mental health care for serving personnel delivered through fifteen military Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs) located in military centres in the UK, as well as centres overseas.”

judiciary.uk/…/2015-0068-Response-by-Department-of-Health2.pdf

What recurred

  • 26 Apr 2021 · Alan Massam · Alison Mutch · Identical hazard · confidence 0.90 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Richard Jones · 20 Feb 2015

“As to how that information is shared with other agencies involved in the care of that patient to ensure that it is accurately passed on, particularly as to the level of risk and degree of urgency.”

Later · Alan Massam · 26 Apr 2021

“there was no clear agreement or arrangement between agencies as to how to effectively share information in complex cases”

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.