Lee Carpenter
PFD Report
Historic (No Identified Response)
Ref: 2020-0052
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
An urgent GP mental health referral was downgraded without documented rationale, patient/GP discussion, or identification of the decision-making staff, indicating no system for clear documentation and accountability in clinical triage.
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The matter of concern during the course of the Inquest; was that a GP had made a referral to mental health team requesting an urgent review of Mr Carpenter; This was sent on the 9th August 2019 to the Havering Access Assessment and Brief Intervention Team: The referral was received on the same date and appears to have been triaged for a non-urgent response decision determining the non-urgent response was not documented, There was no documented rationale for overriding the GP's request for an urgent review: There was no discussion with the patient or the GP before the decision to downgrade the urgency: The member of staff who made the decision was not identified within the medical records. The first telephone assessment of Mr Carpenter did not take place until the 23rd August 2019. The the the The
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As atthe date of the Inquest; there is no system in place within the for Wiportanticlinical decision relating to the triage 0f GPaeferrals tohee clearfpcocumented idehiifieatiand rcodstand for the member of staff making the decision;to be olearier identified and accountable_
Sent To
- Goodmayes Hospital Foundation Trust
Response Status
Linked responses
0 of 1
56-Day Deadline
28 Apr 2020
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Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
On the 23rd October 2019 ! commenced an investigation into the death of Lee Leslie Carpenter. investigation concluded at the end of the Inquest on the 25th February 2020. The conclusion of Inquest was a narrative conclusion: Mr Carpenter took his own life on the Ist October 2019, He had been referred by his GP to the mental health services on the 9h August 2019. The GP requested an urgent review and had to send a second referral on the 10th September 2019. There was lack of robust risk assessment; care planning and medication review following the GP referral. Mr Carpenter's mental state declined considerably from the 2at September 2019 with numerous high risk incidents He was assessed by the Home Treatment Team 30th September 2019 but not deemed to meet the criteria for admission to hospital. He was accepted for care by the Home Treatment Team, as the least restrictive option available. When he was visited at around 11 am on the Ist October 2019 by the Home Treatment Team there was no response from him. The alarm was not raised by the team at that time. Mr Carpenter was found deceased in his home address by his family in the early afternoon on the 1st October 2019.
Circumstances of the Death
See narrative conclusion in box 3 for detail,
Action Should Be Taken
In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and believe have power to take such action. you the
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