Homeless family out-of-area
27 items
1 source
Lack of data and understanding regarding the distance and impact of out-of-area placements for homeless families.
Cross-Source Insight
Homeless family out-of-area has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
27 PFD reports
This theme has been identified in one data source. As more data is added, cross-references may emerge.
PFD Reports (27)
Pellumb Olaj
Concerns: The council failed to consider a patient's history of paranoid schizophrenia and past suicide attempts by jumping from high places when housing him on the sixth floor.
Responded
Callum Hargreaves
Concerns: A prolonged dispute between a social housing provider and the Council over rehousing a cuckooed tenant remained unresolved, highlighting a failure to support vulnerable individuals and inconsistent council policies on homelessness applications.
Responded
Callum Hargreaves
Concerns: Sanctuary Housing failed to properly investigate cuckooing and property damage for a vulnerable tenant, leading to an eviction notice instead of support, and lacked a clear policy for such situations.
Responded
Callum Hargreaves
Concerns: A severe shortage of available housing in Cornwall, with high demand and low supply, contributed to the deceased's homelessness and exacerbated his mental health issues.
Responded
Alexi Susiluoto
Concerns: Separate mental health and substance misuse services, compounded by patient homelessness, create significant confusion and gaps in care for individuals with dual diagnoses.
Overdue
William Bissett
Concerns: Severe systemic failures in release planning for a vulnerable, elderly prisoner, including delayed engagement, inadequate accommodation arrangements, and insufficient emotional support, resulted in a tragic outcome.
Responded
Paul Williams
Concerns: Homelessness, forced family separation, and prolonged waiting times for public housing severely impacted mental health, contributing to the deceased's deteriorating condition.
Responded
Jagjeet Singh
Concerns: A chronic national shortage of mental health beds meant a patient was repeatedly without a bed upon medical discharge, forcing him into unsuitable accommodation or rough sleeping.
Responded
Tobias Mannering-Jones
Concerns: Long mental health waiting lists, inadequate support and unstable housing for homeless youth, especially LGBTQIA+, contribute to vulnerability and exploitation risks, compounded by poor inter-agency coordination.
Responded
Shahzadi Khan
Concerns: National mental health bed shortages led to out-of-area placements with poor communication and discharge planning. There was also a lack of awareness regarding menopause as a factor in mental health deterioration.
Responded
Benjamin Nelson-Roux
Concerns: The system failed to find suitable accommodation for a homeless 16-year-old by limiting searches to county boundaries and lacking residential substance misuse treatment facilities for minors.
Overdue
Michael Poulton
Concerns: Individuals are being released from police custody far from home without adequate means for transport or communication, risking their safe return and welfare.
Responded
Victoria Cartwright
Concerns: There was a significant lack of collaborative working and information sharing between healthcare agencies during discharge, resulting in a patient with complex needs being sent to unsuitable accommodation against clinical recommendations.
Overdue
Mary Gwanyama
Concerns: A vulnerable patient was prematurely discharged into homelessness from a mental health unit without proper planning, medical review, or adequate risk assessment, failing to follow Care Programme Approach guidelines.
Responded
Piotr Kierzkowski
Concerns: A critical lack of available mental health beds prevented the deceased from informal admission despite mutual desire from patient and staff, leading to his tragic death.
Responded
Michael Cox
Concerns: There is a critical shortage of suitable long-term placements for individuals with complex mental health histories, causing persistent difficulties for social workers in finding appropriate facilities.
Responded
Georgia Nelson
Concerns: Critical failures in discharge planning, including inadequate housing review and lack of transfer to the home treatment team, contributed to a patient's death by suicide following a mental health relapse.
Responded
Anthony Watson
Concerns: A critically ill mental health patient could not access immediate inpatient treatment due to a severe lack of local beds and distant, unappealing out-of-area options, exacerbated by age-segregated units.
Responded
Amanda Briley
Concerns: Lack of commissioned services for autism management and local inpatient provision forces out-of-area mental health placements, hindering family contact and local support.
Responded
Robin Richards
Concerns: A shortage of suitable supported accommodation, coupled with poor communication, inadequate discharge planning, and insufficient risk assessment processes, compromised care for an individual with Asperger's Syndrome.
Overdue
Christopher Ajayi
Concerns: A vulnerable patient with complex mental and physical health needs was discharged into unsupported accommodation without a care package or necessary medical oversight, highlighting severe failures in discharge planning and care coordination.
Responded
Stephen Tilbury
Concerns: Excessive vehicle speed in a residential area, despite an existing trief curb, poses a significant risk as the curb can deflect speeding vehicles onto the pavement. Physical speed reduction measures are needed.
Overdue
Richard White
Concerns: Hope House lacked a formal, documented policy or protocol for medication administration, which was unknown to prescribers and not made available to staff.
Responded
Gareth Slater
Concerns: Discharge planning failed due to clinical impasses, resulting in no care plan, insufficient family involvement, inadequate independent living assessment, and an unsuitable unfurnished flat.
Overdue
Damion Stanley Joseph Henson
Concerns: A homeless unit, housing drug users, lacked 24-hour supervision, allowing unauthorized individuals to enter out of hours, thereby increasing risks in a facility not designed for drug rehabilitation.
Pending
Alan Stanfield Browning
Concerns: A vulnerable patient was discharged from a care facility without family notification or proper accommodation arrangements, specifically on a Friday, highlighting a lack of robust discharge planning.
Pending
James Herbertson
Concerns: Inadequate discharge planning from a mental health hospital, including poor communication and unsuitable accommodation, left a vulnerable patient without proper support.
Pending