Divers not disclosing health problems during HSE medicals
Health and Safety Executive received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 20 Feb 2019 and 30 Apr 2026.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 0 specific actions.
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“There is currently no re uirement to obtain the diver's General Practitioner records which are often a 'hub' of various information regarding treatment by both hospital and/or private clinic)”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Health and Safety Executive responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- 7 years 2 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“I am concerned that there is currently no requirement for doctors conducting HSE medicals to confirm that they have advised patients who fail the HSE medical, for reasons similar to those in [the deceased]'s case, of the risks of IPO.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Health and Safety Executive responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
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Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2019 → 2026Kevin Lapwood7 years 2 months after Kevin Miles · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight a gap in the HSE diving medical process where doctors are not required to obtain or act on additional medical information that could affect a diver’s fitness.
Kevin Miles · 20 Feb 2019
“There is currently no re uirement to obtain the diver's General Practitioner records which are often a 'hub' of various information regarding treatment by both hospital and/or private clinic)”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Kevin Lapwood · 30 Apr 2026
“I am concerned that there is currently no requirement for doctors conducting HSE medicals to confirm that they have advised patients who fail the HSE medical, for reasons similar to those in [the deceased]'s case, of the risks of IPO.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
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- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Health and Safety Executive at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 → 2026 | 0.76 | 0.13 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
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