Luke Barnes
11 Mar 2025 · Coroner Susan Ridge · Surrey
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of access to specialist medical reports
“Probation staff are not always aware of or have access to relevant and/or specialist medical reports prepared for Liaison and Diversion Service and other bodies including mental health providers”
2. insufficient training on neurodiverse conditions
“Whether there is sufficient training for all frontline probation service staff about neurodiverse conditions and their impact on post sentence supervision”
3. court sentence not referred back for review
“That a loophole exists whereby a sentence of the court, not actioned by probation service staff, (in this case a DRR) might not be referred back to the court for review”