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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Recurring hazard (see the quoted concerns)

Organisation: Metropolitan Police Service · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/c25fe583719ec152

The earlier warning

Lauren Barfoot · 28 Aug 2014 · Lorna Tagliavini, London (Inner South)

“There was a failure by the MPS Missing Person's Unit (Greenwich) to carry out an effective search for [the deceased] as a consequence of the lack of information not shared with the Unit”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/lauren-barfoot

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to Lauren Barfoot (28 Aug 2014) · stated timescale: none stated

“A full and regularly updated list of persons by both the London Borough of Bexley Social Services and Ethelberi's Children's Services with whom a”

judiciary.uk/…/2014-0385-Response-by-Bexley-Borough-Council.pdf

Stated action 2 · response to Lauren Barfoot (28 Aug 2014) · stated timescale: none stated

“A tisk assessment report is required in preparation for any strategy meetings for missing looked after children”

judiciary.uk/…/2014-0385-Response-by-Bexley-Borough-Council.pdf

Stated action 3 · response to Lauren Barfoot (28 Aug 2014) · stated timescale: none stated

“The means by which the Missing Persons Unit (Greenwich) is able to access essential information in respect of a missing person, in order to carry out an effective prioritisation of resources required for any search”

judiciary.uk/…/2014-0385-Response-by-Metropolitan-Police.pdf

1 further stated action is listed on the full chain page.

What recurred

  • 20 Nov 2019 · Nimo Younis · ME Hassell · Closely related · confidence 0.85 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Lauren Barfoot · 28 Aug 2014

“There was a failure by the MPS Missing Person's Unit (Greenwich) to carry out an effective search for [the deceased] as a consequence of the lack of information not shared with the Unit”

Later · Nimo Younis · 20 Nov 2019

“C&l ward staff did not have a proper understanding of what key information they needed to provide the MPS in order to trigger a police missing person enquiry, or to escalate an existing enquiry.”

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.