Linda Gillchrest
4 Jan 2021 · Coroner Richard Travers · County of Surrey
A similar concern from this report was raised again 3 times later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. publication with detailed instructions to end a human life
“A publication such as , that contains detailed instructions as to how to end a human life, is available to be purchased online without restriction.”
2. lethal quantity of purchased online
“is available to be purchased in lethal quantities from a UK website for less than £5:00, again without restriction.”
3. lack of protection for vulnerable people before purchase
“No protection is afforded to vulnerable people prior to them making such purchases.”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“- is available to be purchased in lethal quantities from a UK website for less than £5:00, again without restriction.”
Later report
“- is freely available to be purchased from the internet in lethal quantities for delivery within the UK”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“A publication such as , that contains detailed instructions as to how to end a human life, is available to be purchased online without restriction.”
Later report
“[REDACTED] is available to anyone to purchase online, directly from the company.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“- is available to be purchased in lethal quantities from a UK website for less than £5:00, again without restriction.”
Later report
“The substance is readily available to purchase online without the need for any explanation of the purchaser's intended use for the substance”
Responses
2021-0002-Response-from-Dept-of-Health-and-Social-Care-Redacted.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action
“I am advised that suicide prevention policy leads in the health system, at the Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England (PHE), and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI), are alert to the risk posed by websites promoting suicide methods, and their direction on the use of certain chemicals in completing suicide, including the substance taken by Mrs [name redacted]. These organisations, along with key stakeholders and academics, are looking at what data is available on suicides by this”