Anne Taylor

“the deceased had elected to leave the Hospital on Friday 19 July because of waiting times, before being clinically assessed”

“no consideration of whether secondary investigations could be undertaken during the waiting time for example CT scan which would likely be required by a clinician in order to make a diagnosis”

“No evidence was provided that the deceased's capacity to decide to leave the hospital was assessed given the history of suspected head injury.”

“a new standard operating procedure being developed relating to patients leaving the hospital before a clinical assessment occurs, but it was unclear what this will include”