Unnecessary patient transfers without proper documentation
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust received 3 coroners' reports about this hazard between 8 Dec 2017 and 25 Oct 2019.
They came from 1 coroner in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 2 times after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 2 earlier reports, stating 0 specific actions.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“There are basic requirements for Staffing and resources for a vascular hub. Royal Sussex County Hospital does not meet these requirements.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- 7 months later
“(1) Unnecessary transfers to and from the Princess Royal Hospital with no supporting paperwork.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ No published response from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust was found for this report.
- 1 year 3 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
“(1) Unnecessary and inappropriate transfers between the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the Princes Royal Hospital and the Royal Sussex County Hospital.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:UnnecessarytransfersRoyalHospital
The most recent report. A response may not be due or published yet.
- All reports to Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
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.
2018 → 2019Jean Waghorn1 year 3 months after Rita Giles · same coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight unnecessary patient transfers between hospitals without proper documentation or adherence to trust policy.
Rita Giles · 11 Jul 2018
“(1) Unnecessary transfers to and from the Princess Royal Hospital with no supporting paperwork.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Jean Waghorn · 25 Oct 2019
“(1) Unnecessary and inappropriate transfers between the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the Princes Royal Hospital and the Royal Sussex County Hospital.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ 2017 → 2019Jean Waghorn1 year 11 months after Roger Saxby · same coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight problems with patient transfers between hospitals within the trust, stemming from inadequate staffing or resources.
Roger Saxby · 8 Dec 2017
“There are basic requirements for Staffing and resources for a vascular hub. Royal Sussex County Hospital does not meet these requirements.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Jean Waghorn · 25 Oct 2019
“Unnecessary and inappropriate transfers between the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the Princes Royal Hospital and the Royal Sussex County Hospital.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No published response from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust was found for this report.
No published response from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust was found for this report. It is the most recent report, so a response may not be due or published yet.
- 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 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 → 2019 | 0.77 | 0.38 | Closely related · 0.90 | same |
| 2017 → 2019 | 0.63 | 0.26 | Closely related · 0.80 | same |
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