Guy Paget
23 Apr 2021 · Coroner Kevin McLoughlin · West Yorkshire (East)
The coroner's concerns
1. ambulance exit from prison
“The prison should have effective systems to facilitate the exit of an emergency ambulance from the prison.”
2. lack of urgency in authorisation
“It should have been made clear to the prison managers that the necessary authorisation to exit needed to be prepared as a matter of urgency.”
3. national need for emergency ambulance access
“Itis foreseeable that prisons nationally will need to admit paramedics and ambulance vehicles to attend to prisoners at times of emergency - and may then need to leave with the prisoner in the ambulance.”