Keith Gallimore

PFD Report All Responded Ref: 2015-0184
Date of Report 11 May 2015
Coroner R Brittain
Response Deadline est. 6 July 2015
All 1 response received · Deadline: 6 Jul 2015
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
Potentially important patient information documented by one service was not accessible to other services within the same Trust, especially out-of-hours, risking future deaths.
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During the course of the inquest the evidence revealed matters giving rise to concern. In  my opinion there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken. The ​ MATTERS OF CONCERN​  are as follows.  –  

(1) I am concerned that potentially important information, documented by a service  provided by CANDI, is not accessible by other services within the same Trust, without a  proactive request being made. It was not clear why this restriction is in place, nor what  steps could be taken if information was required in an ‘out­of­hours’ setting, at which time  the iCope service would not be available to copy notes to Rio.  

Although there was no evidence that, had the iCope notes been available to the Crisis  Team, the outcome of Mr Gallimore’s case would have been different, I am concerned that  future deaths could result because of this issue.
Responses
Camden and Islington NHS Trust NHS / Health Body
17 Jul 2015
Action Planned
IAPTUS training will be provided to a small number of front-line staff in the Acute Division to enable routine checks on all new patients against the IAPTUS system, expected to take place at the end of September. (AI summary)
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Dear Assistant Coroner R Brittain Re: Mr Keith Gallimore write further to your report on the above dated 11th 2015 in which vou highlighted concerns about the care delivered by the Trust to Mr Gallimore: Thank you for agreeing to extend the deadline for this response by 20 July wish to thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention and am writing to address the issues you have raised and give assurance that we have taken action to prevent future occurrences. Following the inquest into the death of Mr Gallimore you made the following observation in logging a PFD. 'Potentially important information, documented by a service provided by CANDI, is not accessible to other services within the same Trust, without a proactive request made: It was not clear why this restriction is in place, nor what steps could be taken if the information was required in an out of hours setting, at which point ICOPE would not be available to copy notes to RIO. Although there was no evidence that, had the ICOPE notes been available to the Crisis Team the outcome of Mr Gallimore'$ case would have been different; am concerned that future deaths could result because of this issue agree that there is a gap in information sharing between ICope and rest of the Trust, this is because of the use of different electronic patient record systems. ICope is obliged to use electronic patient records system called IAPTUS because of national data reporting requirements, whilst all other services in the Trust use electronic patient records system called RIO_ ICope has an established protocol for checking all new referrals against the RIO system and for making entries on RIO where patients have either current or recent contact with the service Chair: Leisha Fullick Your partner in Chief Executive: Wendy Wallace care & improvement Camden ISLINGTON c&l Is an NHS Foundation Trust providing treatment and socia care for mental Il-health and substance misuse in adults In partnership with Car and Islington councils . Way May being mden

Camden and Islington NHSL NHS Foundation Trust However, the problem arises when a patient presents to secondary care services (these use RiO) for the first time. There is no way of staff identifying ifthey are a current or past user of ICope, and even if the patient advises them that they have been attending ICope, there is no way of accessing the relevant information directly This would require a call to the ICope services and, if this occurs out of hours, there will be no staff in ICope to provide the information. This is of particular concern for the Trust Crisis teams_ One possible solution would be for all ICope staff to enter all their patient data on RIO as well as IAPTUS. Given the number of referrals to the service (some 17,000 in the last year) this is impractical and would mostly be of little benefit: Following discussion between leads in our Acute Division and ICope it was agreed that the most effective solution would be to provide IAPTUS training to a small number of front-line staff (who provide services 7 days a week/ 24 hours a day) in the Acute Division. This means that staff working in the acute assessment teams will able to make routine checks on all new patients against the IAPTUS system and have immediate access to the full clinical notes. AIl IAPT staff are already trained on the use of RiO electronic system and have access to RiO. As the Trust changes to different electronic records system Carenotes in September 2015 all IAPT staff will be trained to use Carenotes. We identified the teams in the Acute and staff within those teams who will receive IAPTUS training; the teams are: Psychiatry Liaison Teams at the Royal Free Hospital, the Whittington Hospital and the University College London Hospital; Islington and North and South Camden Crisis Resolution Teams, and the Bed Management team: We have agreed with our contractor for the provision of training, which will take place at the end of September you are satisfied that we taken action to address the concern which you have very helpfully raised_
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Response Status
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56-Day Deadline 6 Jul 2015
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Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
Keith Gallimore died on 4 December 2014, aged 30. The medical cause of death was the  combined toxic effects of heroin and cocaine. The inquest into his death was heard on 1  May 2015, at which I recorded an open conclusion. It was not possible to establish suicidal  intent to the necessary standard of proof, nor was it possible to determine that the death  was accidental.
Circumstances of the Death
Mr Gallimore had a background history of complications following appendicectomy, along  with significant psychological stressors, related to his social situation. This resulted in him  attending his General Practitioner, in order to seek help for anxiety and depression. He  was referred to the ‘iCope’ service provided by CANDI and consulted with a clinical  psychologist in November 2014.  

Mr Gallimore discussed plans he had made for committing suicide at this consultation,  which prompted referral to the ‘Crisis Team’ within the same Mental Health Trust. A  referral note was made in the ‘Rio’ electronic medical records which could be accessed by  both iCope and the Crisis Team. This set out a summary of the psychologist’s  consultation, which was fully documented in iCope’s own electronic record system. This  system was not accessible by the Crisis Team but a request could be made to iCope for  the full documentation to be copied into the Rio records.  

I heard evidence from the clinical lead of iCope that he was unclear as to why their records  were not accessible by others within CANDI but considered that there may be issues  regarding the potentially sensitive nature of these notes. He also set out his expectation  that notes made by iCope should be duplicated in the Rio notes.  

A member of the Crisis Team reviewed Mr Gallimore a day after the referral was made, at  which time he did not report any ongoing plans for suicide, nor was he thought to have a  mental health diagnosis. He was discharged from the Crisis Team at this point (with  ongoing plans having already been made for follow­up within CANDI).  

Unfortunately, he was found deceased at his home address on 4 December 2014.
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I am also under a duty to send the Chief Coroner a copy of your response Assistant Coroner R Brittain
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