Another recent Preventing Future Deaths notice from a Coroner has pricked my attention, concerning the sad death of Hannah Breadshaw from Greater Manchester. Inevitably, PFDs are brief and not all details are included, but to my reading, this may be about the ever-blurred distinction between a threat to life incident and a somewhat more routine “welfare check”.
The relevant timeline regarding a call to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) about Hannah’s welfare is given as –
- A friend of Hannah’s rings GMP at 12:30pm to raise “welfare concerns” and it was allocated a 1hr response time;
- An ambulance was requested at 12:45pm and they arrive on scene first, at 2:10pm;
- They request police for force entry at 2:26pm and chase GMP several times over two hours until police arrive at 4:47pm;
- Entry forced, patient found deceased.
The IOPC were informed of the incident and they flagged three particular concerns prior to the inquest. 1) a failure to escalate the incident, 2) a failure to make method of entry equipment more readily available; and...
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