Ronald Spencer
23 Apr 2024 · Coroner Adam Hodson · Birmingham and Solihull
The coroner's concerns
1. staffing shortages causing treatment delays
“significant staffing issues during the [the deceased]'s period of in- patient care that caused delays to his treatment”
2. avoidable deaths from treatment delays
“patients have died, and will continue to die, from avoidable deaths due to delays caused by these staffing inadequacies”
3. lack of forward planning for seasonal pressures
“inadequate cohesive forward thinking or planning either in relation short term pressures (eg.”