Keith Foord
2 Dec 2024 · Coroner Rachel Redman · East Sussex
The coroner's concerns
1. inadequate transfer category for aortic dissection
“for aortic dissection requiring emergency surgery and inter facility transfer, the category of this type of case for transfer should be raised to category 1”
Responses
2024-0657-Response-from-NHS-England.pdf ↗· NHS England
Stated action · December 2024
“NHS England amended the National framework to advise that requests for an inter-facility transfer for a patient, where the stroke / cardiology team are accepting patients for immediate intervention (i.e. mechanical thrombectomy or primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)), should be clinically navigated and prioritised for a Category 2 dispatch.”