Recommendation - Hampshire Constabulary, September 2024
Recommendation date: 4 September 2024
Response due: 30 October 2024
Published: 29 November 2024
Mental health
Welfare and vulnerable people
Death and serious injury
We identified organisational learning following an independent investigation when a man was arrested for an outstanding warrant, but the police were not provided with information from a local hospital about his recent hospital stay. The delays in communication led to a wait in custody before the police were notified the man had sepsis. He was sent to hospital where he later died.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Hampshire Constabulary creates and implements a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding sharing patient information with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. This follows an investigation in which a man was found by police in a hospital … Read more
Force Response
Accepted This recommendation has been assigned to the Force Mental Health Team, who have taken primacy of this from 20th Nov 2024. An MOU covering data sharing will be produced covering all Acute Hospitals within the Integrated Care Service area … Read more