David Jackson
24 Oct 2017 · Coroner Karen Harrold · West Sussex
The coroner's concerns
1. inadequate medication review of long-term patients
“asked about current practice in relation to issuing prescriptions for drugs such as Soneryl or Co-drydamol {EE acknowledged that national guidance had tightened up particularly in respect of issuing prescriptions to patients for opiate based drugs. She accepted that medical thinking had moved on considerably. She was candid and accepted that in respect of Mr [name redacted] he had not been seen for 10 | 7 |YOURRESPONSE years and must have fallen through the cracks in terms of medication raviews including”