Roy Millar
13 Sept 2016 · Coroner Andrew Cox · Plymouth Torbay and South Devon
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of follow-up appointments
“PHNT instigated a Root Cause Analysis following this incident, a copy of which is enclosed”
2. lack of awareness of appointment booking responsibility
“Neither the previous nor the current Ward Administrator were aware of their responsibility to book follow- up appointments for patients who had been discharged”
3. 146 patients without follow-up appointments
“146 patients die not have follow-up appointments booked”
4. delayed diagnosis of brain tumour
“had the follow-up scan been conducted in June 2015 this was likely to have led to a biopsy which would have diagnosed the brain tumour”
5. reduced survival probability
“he would have had a 50% chance of surviving for a year”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.