Prevention of Future Deaths reports · 2017

Helen Cannon

Regulation 28 report to prevent future deaths, reference 2017-0260, written 16 Aug 2017. A coroner writes one of these when an inquest reveals a risk that could cause further deaths unless something changes.

Date of report16 Aug 2017
Reference2017-0260
DeceasedHelen Cannon
CoronerJennifer Leeming
Coroner areaManchester City
CategoryCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths
Sourcejudiciary.uk record · original PDF
Responses published1

The report

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REGULATION 28:  REPORT TO PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS (1) 

NOTE: This form is to be used after an inquest. 

REGULATION 28 REPORT TO PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS 

THIS REPORT IS BEING SENT TO: 

1.  Ms Jane Pickering, Chief Executive, Eldercare, 847 Burnley Road, 

Loveclough, Rawtenstall, Lancashire BB4 8QL 

2.  Ms Donna Hall CBE, Chief Executive, Wigan Council, Town Hall, Library 

Street, Wigan WN1 1YN 

3.  The Right Hon. Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Community and Local 

Government 

4.  The Right Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Department of Health, 2 Marsham Street, 

London  SW1P 4DR 

5.  Sir David Behan CBE, Chief Executive, CQC, 151 Buckingham Place Road, 

London SW1 9SZ 

1  CORONER 

I  am  M  Jennifer  Leeming,  HM  Senior  Coroner  for  the  Coroner  Area  of 
Manchester West. 

2  CORONER’S LEGAL POWERS 

I make this report under paragraph 7, Schedule 5, of the Coroners and Justice 
Act 2009 and regulations 28 and 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 
2013. 

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INVESTIGATION and INQUEST 

On  the  7th  day  of  April  2017  I  commenced  an  investigation  into  the  death  of 
Helen  Theresa  Cannon,  87  years,  born  the  8th  July  1930.    The  investigation 
concluded at the end of the Inquest on the 3rd of August 2017.   

The medical cause of death was:- 

Ia  Myocardial Infarction 
Ib  Haemorrhage Associated with Pelvic Fracture 
II  Cardiac Failure 

The conclusion of the Inquest was Accidental Death. 

4  CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH 

On  the  2nd  of  April  2017  Helen  Theresa  Cannon  fell  at  her  home  address, 

Wigan.    She  was  a  client  of  Eldercare,  which 
provides  a  national  monitoring  and  response  service.    Emergency  responders 
from  that  service  attended  to  assist  in  getting  Mrs  Cannon  up  from  the  floor, 
which they did using a lifting cushion, as Mrs Cannon was otherwise unable to 
get up. 

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 5  CORONER’S CONCERNS 

The MATTERS OF CONCERN are as follows:   

1.  The emergency responders did not seek medical or paramedic assistance for 
Mrs  Cannon  because  she  was  complaining  of  suffering  aching  rather  than 
pain.  It transpired that Mrs Cannon had suffered internal haemorrhage as a 
result of a pelvic fracture sustained in her fall, and this led to her death two 
days  later.    Evidence  was  heard  at  the  Inquest  from  a  Consultant  Trauma 
and  Orthopaedic  Surgeon  that  in  the  circumstances  it  would  have  been 
good  practice  to  have  obtained  medical  or  paramedic  assistance  for  Mrs 
Cannon. 

2.  Following  Mrs  Cannon’s  death  Eldercare  carried  out  an  investigation.    The 
investigation was flawed in that it did not address clear inaccuracies in the 
Moving  and  Handling  Risk  assessment  checklist  completed  by  one  of  the 
Emergency  Responders,  nor  did  it  discover  that  the  other  Emergency 
Responder  attending  did  not  understand  that  he  was  agreeing  with  the 
accuracy  of 
the  checklist  when  he 
countersigned  it.    It  was  his  belief  that  he  signed  the  checklist  simply  to 
agree that he had been present. 

information  recorded  on 

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6  ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN 

In  my  opinion  urgent  action  should  be  taken  to  prevent  future  deaths  and  I 
believe that you have the power to take such action. 

7  YOUR RESPONSE 

You are under a duty to respond to this report within 56 days of the date of this 
report, namely by 10th October 2017.  I, the Coroner, may extend the period. 

Your  response  must  contain  details  of  action  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken, 
setting out the timetable for action. Otherwise you must explain why no action 
is proposed. 

8  COPIES and PUBLICATION 

I have sent a copy of my report to the Chief Coroner and to the following 
Interested Persons:- 

I am also under a duty to send the Chief Coroner a copy of your response.  

The  Chief  Coroner  may  publish  either  or  both  in  a  complete  or  redacted  or 
summary form.  

He  may  send  a  copy  of this  report  to  any  person  who  he  believes  may  find  it 
useful or of interest. You may make representations to me, the coroner, at the  
time of your response, about the release or the publication of your response by 
the Chief Coroner. 

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 9  Dated 

Signed 

16th August 2017 

Professor Jennifer M Leeming,  
HM Senior Coroner 

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Responses

1 response published against this report on judiciary.uk. A response is a body's written reply to the coroner's concerns; publication is at the discretion of the Chief Coroner's office, so an absent response does not mean nobody replied.

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