“The inquest heard evidence that Macclesfield Hospital was part of East Cheshire NHS Trust…”

The coroner’s concerns

– 1. The inquest heard evidence that Macclesfield Hospital was part of East Cheshire NHS Trust and served a wide area a significant part of the area served was outside the footprint of the trust for example the High Peak in Derbyshire. The inquest was told that trust doctors were able to access GP records for patient’s registered with GPs in East Cheshire but not patients registered outside this area. The inquest was told there were discussions about how to try to resolve this but no firm steps or progress on this by the Trust. As a consequence doctors at the hospital were limited in understanding a patient’s history and crucial information was not always fully recognised/available. 2. The inquest was told that this inability to access information in GP records was a problem across the NHS due to differing IT systems and caused difficulties in providing effective and timely care to patients. 3. The inquest heard evidence that in September 2023 when he went to his GP practice he did not see a doctor. It was not recognised by the practitioner who saw him that there may need to be a follow-up appointment or a recommendation that he return to see a doctor should the x ray be negative given his history and presentation.

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judiciary.uk, Prevention of Future Deaths reports, 2024-0381

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