Margaret Atkinson
30 Jan 2017 · Coroner Andrew Tweddle · County Durham and Darlington
The coroner's concerns
1. inappropriate language leading to missed risk cues
“The case revealed issues and difficulties about how situations were described and the choice of appropriate language with the corresponding difficulties resulting therefrom in assessing risk. Furthermore, as there was unusual behaviour over an extended period of time there was an acceptance of such behaviour as being normal and would not be considered as illustrative of increased risk unless there was a significant departure from that already unusual (or bizarre behaviour as it was described in”