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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Uncontrolled prescribing of contraindicated drugs

Organisation: NHS England · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/8d5ccc63b6f1071c

The earlier warning

Judith Marshall · 27 Jan 2014 · William Coverdale, York

“There is evidently no central database of all prescription errors so there can be no central monitoring of such errors and no means of determining trends or particular repeat errors.”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/judith-marshall

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to Judith Marshall (27 Jan 2014) · stated timescale: none stated

“Community pharmacies are required to record patient safety incidents that caused harm or have the potential to cause harm in a pharmacy errors log. They should also report these incidents to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS).”

judiciary.uk/…/2014-0039-Response-by-NHS-England.pdf

What recurred

  • 21 Oct 2021 · Jamie O'Connor · Dianne Hocking · Identical hazard · confidence 0.95 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Judith Marshall · 27 Jan 2014

“There is evidently no central database of all prescription errors so there can be no central monitoring of such errors and no means of determining trends or particular repeat errors.”

Later · Jamie O'Connor · 21 Oct 2021

“There is no central tracking system or central database to record what each person has been prescribed and dispensed and by whom.”

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.