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Pre-inquest brief

Inadequate out-of-hours information sharing in SCARF process

Organisation: Surrey Police · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/8ad57d1516d8bc1e

The earlier warning

Barbara Woodman · 22 Dec 2023 · Darren Stewart, Surrey

“The use of the SCARF process during out of hours to provide timely and effective passage of information in relation to concerns for vulnerable persons in the community.”

judiciary.uk/…/barbara-woodman-prevention-of-future-deaths-repo…

What was promised

A published response was found, but no specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.

What recurred

  • 18 Sept 2024 · Helen Kerr · Caroline Topping · Identical hazard · confidence 0.95 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Barbara Woodman · 22 Dec 2023

“The use of the SCARF process during out of hours to provide timely and effective passage of information in relation to concerns for vulnerable persons in the community.”

Later · Helen Kerr · 18 Sept 2024

“(3) The SCARF process does not enable information sharing between the Police, Mental Health Agencies and Surrey Adult Safeguarding out of hours.”

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.