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Colin Bailey

29 Mar 2019 · Coroner Christopher Murray · Manchester (South)

The coroner's concerns

  1. 1. no CT scan after head injury in anticoagulated patient

    “The inquest heard that Mr [name redacted] fell and hit his head whilst an in-patient at Stepping Hill hospital. No CT scan of the brain/head was undertaken despite Mr [name redacted] taking anti-coagulant medication because NICE guideline recommend a scan is undertaken if the patient has fallen, struck their head and is taking warfarin but that is not the guidance if the anticoagulant medication is one of the other types of anticoagulant medications used. The clinicians attending the Inquest indicated that a CT scan”

Responses

No published response was found on judiciary.uk.

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Source: Prevention of Future Deaths reports and responses published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary at judiciary.uk. Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data updated 26 Oct 2026.

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