Katie Davies
6 Jun 2014 · Coroner Alan Walsh · Manchester (West)
The coroner's concerns
1. blind or blank spots in hospital bleepers causing delayed emergency response
“During the Inquest evidence was heard that:- i. In the course of investigations at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, in relation to the failure of Doctors to respond to contact by use of the internal bleeper system during the deceased's admission, it was discovered that there were two blind or blank spots within the precincts of the Hospital, where bleepers could not be activated.”