Junior Powell
2 Dec 2024 · Coroner Fiona Wilcox · Inner West London
This report repeats 1 earlier warning, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. delay in discharge due to lack of suitable social care
“That delay in discharge for patients ready to be discharged due to lack of suitable social care in the community is causing congestion in the hospital admission process, delaying medical assessment and thus diagnosis of conditions that need urgent treatment and increasing the likelihood of death for such patients”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“The delay in his discharge via Adult Social Care meant that an acute hospital bed was not available to the Trust.”
This report
“That delay in discharge for patients ready to be discharged due to lack of suitable social care in the community is causing congestion in the hospital admission process”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“delay in discharge for patients ready to be discharged due to lack of suitable social care in the community is causing congestion”
Later report
“The court noted the main cause for the numbers of NCTR patients was insufficient social care provision, whether commissioned by social services or NHS.”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.