Margaret Flemming
29 Jan 2015 · Coroner Thomas Osborne · Bedfordshire & Luton
The coroner's concerns
1. delay in best interests assessment
“An urgent Request for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding Authorisation was placed with Central Bedfordshire Council on 8th October 2014 and yet the Best Interests Assessment did not take place until 7th January 2015. The deceased remained vulnerable throughout this period.”