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Pre-inquest brief

Critical clinical information lost during verbal handover

Organisation: Department of Health and Social Care · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/77e6fd8acc9d8bca

The earlier warning

Colin Moulton · 10 Jul 2015 · Simon Nelson, Manchester (North)

“When Mr [name redacted] was admitted to A & E on the 13”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/colin-moulton

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to Colin Moulton (10 Jul 2015) · stated timescale: none stated

“the Trust has now implemented improved handover procedures between paramedics and A&E staff which should ensure that the triage nurse sees any patient notes made by the paramedics and documents this action.”

judiciary.uk/…/2015-0267-Response-by-Department-of-Health.pdf

Stated action 2 · response to Colin Moulton (10 Jul 2015) · stated timescale: none stated

“NWAS has advised that its staff always leave a patient report form (PRF) at every hospital following a patient transfer. A copy of this form also remains with the patient following admission”

judiciary.uk/…/2015-0267-Response-by-Department-of-Health.pdf

Stated action 3 · response to Colin Moulton (10 Jul 2015) · stated timescale: none stated

“FGH has very specific patient handover procedures which require NWAS to leave a copy of the PRF with the hospital receptionist for placing with hospital documentation which is subsequently passed to the triage nurse once the patient has been booked in”

judiciary.uk/…/2015-0267-Response-by-Department-of-Health.pdf

What recurred

  • 24 Jul 2024 · Regan Smith · Nigel Parsley · Closely related · confidence 0.85 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Colin Moulton · 10 Jul 2015

“When Mr [name redacted] was admitted to A & E on the 13”

Later · Regan Smith · 24 Jul 2024

“Evidence heard that the handover system in [the deceased]'s case was reliant on both ambulance and Accident and Emergency personnel making and receiving a verbal handover.”

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.