Amanda Hitch
19 Dec 2023 · Coroner Stephen Simblet · Essex
The coroner's concerns
1. critical information not visible across clinical teams
“During the inquest, it became clear that one significant entry in the clinical notes made by someone in a separate service commissioned by the Essex Partnership University Trust, and which expressed a very specific and imminent intention from the deceased to end her life, was not seen by others in the clinical team. This was almost certainly because the clinical record does not present on computer screens as a continuous chronological running record, but is instead viewed thematically. That mean”
Responses
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