Georgina Lewis

PFD Report 0 of 1 responses identified Ref: 2016-0460
Date of Report 22 December 2016
Coroner David Bowen
Coroner Area Gwent
Response Deadline est. 9 April 2017
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
Concerns included the lack of family notification or consultation regarding discharge, absence of a discharge plan or follow-up support, and no contemporaneous GP notification. These failures left the patient without crucial support post-discharge.
View full coroner's concerns
(1) The decision to discharge was made without notification to or consultation with any family member.

(2) Following the decision no discharge plan or follow up support was put in place.

(3) There was no contemporaneous notification to her GP of the discharge or the assessment leading to discharge, in fact the GP had still not received notification by the time of discovery of Mrs Lewis body
Sent To
  • Aneurin Bevan University Hospital Board
Responses Identified
Responses identified 0 of 1
56-Day Deadline 9 Apr 2017
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Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
On 02/10/13 I commenced an investigation into the death of Mrs Georgina Lewis (d.o.b.08/11/55) The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 08/12/16. The conclusion of the inquest was Suicide as a result of hanging having recently been released from a psychiatric unit
Circumstances of the Death
Mrs Lewis had been admitted to Talygarn Unit County Hospital Griffithstown on 20/09/13 as an informal patient following transfer from St Cadocs Hospital where she had been admitted following a S136 assessment, she was discharged from the unit 23/09/13 went missing from home on the 27/09/13 and was found dead in woods near home on 30/09/13
Related Inquiry Recommendations

Public inquiry recommendations addressing similar themes

Separate SIO and Family Liaison Officer roles
Daniel Morgan Panel
Emergency family notification
GP Notification of Death Circumstances
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Emergency family notification
Service change continuity plans
Vale of Leven Inquiry
Care and discharge planning
Candour about harm
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Emergency family notification
Continuing responsibility for care
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Care and discharge planning
Follow up of patients
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Care and discharge planning
Death in Custody Checklist
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Emergency family notification

Data sourced from Courts and Tribunals Judiciary under the Open Government Licence.