Benjamin Stanley
4 Feb 2023 · Coroner Alison Mutch · Manchester South
This report repeats 1 earlier warning, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. prolonged waits in A&E
“significant waits in Accident and Emergency (A&E) to be seen due to the pressure on the department”
2. lack of inpatient capacity
“lack of beds with the hospital”
3. inappropriate patient routing to A&E
“direct entry to a ward would have been in his best interests”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Earlier report
“as identified that there were no beds available in Suffolk, or anywhere else in the country at the time.”
This report
“The Inquest was told that prolonged waits in A&E were also due to a lack of beds with the hospital.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“lack of beds with the hospital. In Mr [name redacted] case direct entry to a ward would have been in his best interests”
Later report
“In May 2023, when it was felt Mr [name redacted] required an informal admission into hospital, no beds were available.”
Responses
2023-0042-Response-from-Department-of-Health-and-Social-Care.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action · 2023-2024
“We have achieved the ambition of delivering 5,000 more staffed, permanent beds this year compared to 2022-23 plans - backed by £1 1 billion of dedicated funding”
Stated action · March 2025
“The ambition is to improve A&E wait times to 78% of patients being admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours by March 2025.”
Stated action · two years
“we have made £1.6 billion of funding available over two years to support the NHS and local authorities to ensure timely and effective discharge from hospital, helping to free up beds and reduce long waits for admission from A&E.”