Lee Carpenter
3 Mar 2020 · Coroner Nadia Persaud · East London
The coroner's concerns
1. non-urgent triage of GP referral
“a GP had made a referral to the mental health team requesting an urgent review of Mr [name redacted]. This was sent on the 9th August 2019 to the Havering Access Assessment and Brief Intervention Team. The referral was received on the same date and appears to have been triaged for a non-urgent response. The decision determining the non-urgent response was not documented. There was no documented rationale for overriding the GP's request for an urgent review. There was no discussion with the patient or”
Responses
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