Milton Keynes

Coroner Area
Reports: 80 Earliest: Sep 2013 Latest: 1 Dec 2025

66% response rate (above 62% average).

Response Status
Responded 53 No Response 1 Historic 24
AI Classification
Action Taken 52%
Action Planned 26%
Noted 13%
Disputed 9%
Based on 23 classified responses
Top Categories
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedure… (32) Suicide (from 2015) (14) State Custody related deaths (11) Mental Health related deaths (11) Road (Highways Safety) related dea… (9)
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How does this area compare?
vs South East average: -1 reports · +6pp response rate
vs national average: -3 reports · +4pp response rate
80 results
Doris Phoebe Miller
Unknown
2013-0318 28 Nov 2013
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
Concerns summary Patient medical records were unavailable to the GP surgery after a practice closure, indicating a failure in transferring and making accessible essential patient information.
Yvonne Sydney Annie Perry
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0195 23 Sep 2013
Care Quality Commission
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
Concerns summary A lack of robust processes for tracking radiology reports led to critical delays in patient care. Additionally, GPs in the intermediate care unit lacked access to electronic hospital notes, impeding effective treatment.
Sally King
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0196 23 Sep 2013
Care Quality Commission
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
Concerns summary The provided concerns text is too truncated to identify specific safety issues.
Poppy Harris
All Responded
2021-0352
Child Death (from 2015) Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths Product related deaths
Concerns summary Lack of a birth plan for the mother and the use of Kielland’s forceps, which resulted in a catastrophic spinal cord injury, highlight concerns about birthing practices.
Action taken summary Milton Keynes University Hospital has implemented an electronic health record system that includes a birth preferences section for midwives to complete with patients, and plans to audit documentation
Sangeerth Girirathan
All Responded
2022-0151
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary Alarms on ICU monitors were disengaged, preventing staff from being alerted to critical patient deterioration, which resulted in a cardiac arrest.
Action taken summary Milton Keynes University Hospital has taken action to remind all nursing staff to ensure visibility of monitors and that audible alarms are active and reflect patient parameters, communicating this th