Alex Dews
10 Oct 2023 · Coroner Abigail Combes · South Yorkshire (Western)
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of referral to mental health services
“[the deceased] was not referred by school to NHS mental health services as a result of their experience that if [the deceased] was in receipt of any other support he would not be accepted onto the waiting list (which would be in excess of 10 months to be seen)”
2. unclear allocation of school psychology support
“The school chose to provide [the deceased] with school procured psychology support however the process of allocation of provision was not clear”
3. lack of communication with support provider
“The school did not have a clear communication process with the provider of support to either refer the student into services or to receive outputs from those services once the student completed their sessions”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Earlier report
“whilst they accepted that there had been attempted contact of him by mental health services he was worried about how long it would take him to be able to access appropriate mental health services and receive support.”
This report
“[the deceased] was not referred by school to NHS mental health services as a result of their experience that if [the deceased] was in receipt of any other support he would not be accepted onto the waiting list”