Bedford Hospital South Wing

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First report 1 Aug 2025•Latest report 1 Aug 2025

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.

Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
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Concerns addressed
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Across all linked responses

Stated actions
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Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Bedford Hospital South Wing linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Milton Keynes

    AI-generated summary

    Suzanne EDWARDS · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Suzanne EDWARDS became unwell on 29 November 2024, was assessed by her GP and at Milton Keynes Hospital, admitted to Bedford Hospital for surgery to insert a kidney stent, and died there of sepsis on 1 December 2024. The principal concern was that emergency departments lacked reliable access to patients’ primary care records, and the inquest identified a failure to recognise signs of urinary tract obstruction, resulting in a lost opportunity to treat the condition before sepsis developed.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Bedford Hospital South Wing; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Unreliable access to patients' primary care records in Emergency Departments

    Wider context from the report

    “Emergency Departments at hospitals in this and surrounding jurisdictions do not have reliable access to patients' primary care records, including recent GP consultations, investigations or concerns. This means that clinicians are frequently treating acutely unwell patients without full access to their recent medical history, which can delay or misdirect diagnosis and undermine patient safety and continuity of care and lead to avoidable deaths. Without access to a patients full records further lives may be put at risk. ”
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Data last updated 7 September 2026