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First report 30 Apr 2014•Latest report 30 Apr 2014

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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Reports
1

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Concerns addressed
0

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Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. Manchester North

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    Miss Samiyo Sahra Shih Farah · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Miss Samiyo Sahra Shih Farah, who had depression and a history of self-harm, was found unresponsive with a ligature around her neck on 30 December 2012 and was pronounced dead. The principal concerns were the lack of national guidance on observation of children and adolescents in specialist mental health units, inadequate formal protocols for communication during transfers between private and NHS providers, and inconsistent referral arrangements following her attendances at A&E.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

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    Inconsistent referral of unwell A&E attenders to a psychiatrist

    Wider context from the report

    “3) There appears to have been an inconsistency of approach following Miss Farah’s admissions to A & E. She was referred directly to a Psychiatrist on the second attendance when she was clearly unwell but had not managed to self-harm but was not on the first attendance when she had taken an overdose. This also raises the question as to whether she ought to have been referred (to a Psychiatrist) on the 31st October 2012. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Affinity Healthcare Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of age-appropriate observation guidance for children and adolescents in specialist mental health units

    Wider context from the report

    “1) Observation protocol - there is no national guidance/policy on the observation of children and adolescents within specialist mental health units. At present, clinicians are forced to adopt/adapt policies applied to adults with mental health issues. The care needs of young people are quite different to those of adults. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Affinity Healthcare Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of formal communication and information-transfer protocols between healthcare establishments

    Wider context from the report

    “2) Communication/contact between transferring establishments - there is no formal policy/protocol in use/between the private sector and the NHS detailing steps that should be taken (and by whom) upon transfer of patients between sectors, thus risking that not all key information (both verbal and written) is properly communicated before, during and after transfer. Whilst progress is being made in this regard at local level following the death of Miss Farah (and may well be the basis upon which any national policy/protocol might be formulated) there is currently no communication/transfer protocol in existence. This also potentially impacts upon all other healthcare sector providers e.g. the acute sector, hospital to care home, acute to rehabilitation/community services etc. ”
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