Jagjeet Singh
4 Nov 2024 · Coroner Melanie Lee · Inner North London
This report repeats 2 earlier warnings, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
No concerns could be extracted with a verified quote. Read the original report.
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“The lack of inpatient beds is a known resource issue within the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, which the Trust is currently working to address through numerous new initiatives.”
This report
“I heard that a bed on the mental health ward should have been available for Mr [name redacted] when he was discharged from the medical wards but that there is a chronic shortage of mental health beds and not just in London but nationally.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“Had an informal Mental Health bed been available on the 6th June 2023, and [the deceased] had been admitted as both she and her psychiatrist had wished, her death would not have occurred.”
This report
“a chronic shortage of mental health beds and not just in London but nationally. It was described to me as a crisis.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.95 · high
This report
“I heard that a bed on the mental health ward should have been available for Mr [name redacted] when he was discharged from the medical wards but that there is a chronic shortage of mental health beds and not just in London but nationally.”
Later report
“There is a long standing and well publicised concern that there are fewer mental health beds than patients who are assessed as needing these.”
Responses
2024-0606-Response-from-DHSC.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
2024-0606-Response-from-NHS-England.pdf ↗· NHS England
Stated action · 2024/25
“The number of mental health beds required to support a local population is dependent on both local mental health need and the effectiveness of the whole local mental health system in providing timely access to care and supporting people to stay well in the community, therefore reducing the likelihood of an admission being necessary.”