Kathleen Cooper
8 Mar 2017 · Coroner Lisa Hashmi · Manchester City
The coroner's concerns
1. split-site commitments
“During the course of the inquest, a medical practitioner raised concerns regarding the difficulties faced by clinicians in providing safe and effective care where an acute NHS Trust has a number of hospitals/departments on different sites i.e. the difficulties faced as a result of split-site commitments as a result of NHS reconfiguration.”
2. out-of-hours patient care
“The standard of care provided to hospital patients out of hours/weekend and the risk/s posed to patient safety as a result.”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.