Martin Daffydd Barker
9 Sept 2013 · Coroner Joanne Kearsley · Manchester South
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of national guidance for independent medical providers to alert hospitals
“There appears to be no national guidance on how independent national providers of medical services (particularly those covering large scale public events) can put NHS hospitals on standby for incoming urgent patients”
2. risk to critically ill patients
“Without clear guidance there is a risk that the most critically ill people who are being transported to hospital are at risk as the hospitals have received no pre-”
3. delays in hospital access due to unstaffed reception
“In certain hospitals at particular times i.e. overnight this problem is exacerbated by the fact that the resus reception is not manned constantly and this may cause delays in ambulance crew gaining access”
Responses
2013-0226-Response-by-Department-of-Health.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action
“I therefore propose to share this case with the CQC so that they can consider whether adequate arrangements for access to emergency departments need to be part of the inspection portfolio for such organisations”
2013-0226-Response-by-North-West-Ambulance-Service.pdf ↗· North West Ambulance Service