Prevention of Future Deaths reports · 2018

Grahame Searby

Regulation 28 report to prevent future deaths, reference 2018-0162, written 23 May 2018. A coroner writes one of these when an inquest reveals a risk that could cause further deaths unless something changes.

Date of report23 May 2018
Reference2018-0162
DeceasedGrahame Searby
CoronerMartin Fleming
Coroner areaWest Yorkshire (West)
CategoryCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths · Suicide (from 2015)
Organisation namedSouth West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Sourcejudiciary.uk record · original PDF
Responses publishednone published

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IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE WESTERN CORONER’S COURT
IN THE MATTER OF:

The Inquests Touching the Death of Grahame Searby
A Regulation Report - Action to Prevent Future Deaths

THIS REPORT IS BEING SENT TO:
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

CORONER
Martin Fleming HM Senior Coroner for West Yorkshire Western

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 20 of the Coroners

(Investigations) Regulations 2013

INVESTIGATION and INQUEST
On 2/8/17 I opened an inquest into the death of Grahame Searby who, at

the date of his death was aged 59 years. The inquest was resumed and
concluded on 15 May 2018

T found that the cause of death to be: -
la. Hanging

J arrived at the following narrative conclusion: -

On 27% July 2017 Grahame Searby, who suffered from extreme anxiety
and depression, was found hanging from a rope attached to a ceiling joist
at the top of the stairs at his home address. It is found that he intended
his death. At the time of his death he was under the supervision of the
mental health services in the community, and although there was an
opportunity to admit him to hospital, it remains unclear whether it
would have made a difference to the outcome.

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|4 | CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH

Mr Searby had a history of suffering from extreme anxiety and
depression for which he was under the auspices of his GP and MHS.
When he failed to attend his medical review appointment on 27/7/17 as
expected, his community Psychiatric Nurse made several unsuccessful
attempts to contact him by phone before attending at his home address to
find no response. This resulted in the attendance of the police in order to
conduct a welfare check, and it was then that Mr Searby was to have died

by hanging.

At the inquest evidence was heard from Mr Searby’s mental health team
ci A A ore he cies Ms

Searby was admitted to A&E on 20/7/17 and 23/7/17 in a state of extreme
anxiety when he asked to be voluntarily admitted for treatment to
hospital. After risk assessment it was thought appropriate that he be
placed under the care of the Home based treatment team.

5 | CORONER’S CONCERNS

During the evidence Ft and informed me
that at the time of Mr Searby’s death, the mental health team did not have
access to the system one database or EMIS for the purposes of referencing
the GP’s database. Although I was told that access via the system one
data base is currently in operation, there is still no access to the
appropriate date via EMIS

The MATTER OF CONCERN is as follows. -

e To review the existing operational systems and to consider the
appropriateness of facilitating access via EMIS in order to improve
the information gathering process.

6 | ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN

In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I
believe that South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust the

has the power to take such action.

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7 | YOUR RESPONSE
You are under a duty to respond to this report within 56 days of its date; I
may extend that period on request.

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

COPIES
Ihave sent a copy of this report to:

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Chief Coroner

DATED this 23/5/18 hi

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