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Coroner’s reportPrevention of future deaths · 2016-0013

“Wiltshire & Swindon Coroner's Office, 26 Endless Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1DP…”

Dated 11 Jan 2016, from the coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon. Sent to 1 organisation or person.

A coroner wrote this report after an inquest, to warn the organisations below about a risk of further deaths.

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  1. Report dated11 Jan 2016
  2. Deadline7 Mar 2016
  3. Published on judiciary.uk11 Jan 2016
  4. Today27 Oct 2026

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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNamed in the report as “Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust”Deadline passedNo response published on judiciary.uk so far. The 56-day deadline was 7 Mar 2016. A reply may have been sent and not yet published.

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— Wiltshire & Swindon Coroner's Office, 26 Endless Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1DP Tel 01722 438900 | Fax 01722 332223 This patient was prescribed steroids appropriately but the nursing staff failed to notice a dose of steroids had been missed. There is no system on the paper drug chart or the electronic prescribing system for alerting medical staff to patients being on long term steroids.

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judiciary.uk, Prevention of Future Deaths reports, 2016-0013
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