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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Inadequate communication between health care departments

Organisation: NHS Digital · Generated: 27 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/0631d5b4f8880aa5

The earlier warning

David Ball · 24 Nov 2020 · Emma Serrano, Derby and Derbyshire

“Different health care departments have different patient care records and the departments did not communicate with one another.”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/david-ball

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to David Ball (24 Nov 2020) · stated timescale: none stated

“We understand from the request that the discharge care plan was not followed, and this was not recognised. This is an issue of health and social care coordination and management.”

judiciary.uk/…/2020-0251-Response-from-NHS-Digital-Redacted.pdf

What recurred

  • 14 Jul 2023 · Peter Fleming · James Bennett · Closely related · confidence 0.90 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · David Ball · 24 Nov 2020

“Different health care departments have different patient care records and the departments did not communicate with one another.”

Later · Peter Fleming · 14 Jul 2023

“different health organisations use different digital systems that do not communicate with each other.”

What happened next

No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.

Every quote is verified word for word against the original report on judiciary.uk. A link shows that a similar concern was raised again, not why. It is not a finding about any organisation or person.

Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Open Government Licence v3.0.