Audrey Wakefield
22 Apr 2014 · Coroner Andrew Haigh · Staffordshire (South)
The coroner's concerns
1. discharge information not communicated to GP
“At the Inquest | was greatly assisted a Consultant [name redacted] at your hospital. He indicated that wnen Mrs [name redacted] was discharged from UHNS on 16 January 2013 the communication of relevant discharge information to Mrs [name redacted] GP was not good. The reason was that there is a good communication system from the hospital and GPs in the Stoke on Trent area but this did not apply to more distant practices (Mrs [name redacted] practice was in Stone). SEE cicated that steps were being taken”