Stephen Bird
22 Jul 2016 · Coroner Crispin Butler · Buckinghamshire
The coroner's concerns
1. incomplete inconsistent conflicting patient records
“The patient records, the documentation of consultations, clinical decisions, changes to previous assessment decisions and the discharge records were incomplete, inconsistent and/or conflicting and this was acknowledged during the Inquest hearing.”
2. assumptions in SCI report conflict with documentary records
“Evidence given regarding the investigation by the hospital into Mr [name redacted] death and the preparation of a draft Significant Clinical Incident Investigation (SCI) Report (disclosed as part of the Inquest process) identified an assumption of facts within that draft report which conflicted with documentary records and this was acknowledged during the Inquest hearing.”