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Central Medical Services Ltd

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First report 24 Feb 2019•Latest report 24 Feb 2019

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Private and voluntary organisations · Private limited company. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports
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Naming this recipient

Published responses
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Concerns addressed
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Reports over time

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Evidence profile

Report topics

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0%published responses found
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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Central Medical Services Ltd linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Nottinghamshire

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    Dr Polly Joanne Drew · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Dr Polly Joanne Drew, aged 35, died by suicide after injecting herself with Propofol and Atracurium acquired from the medical centre where she worked as a duty doctor. The report raised concerns that Central Medical Services’ recruitment process was inadequate, including not obtaining written references or completing a DBS check, despite her access to anaesthetic drugs and working alone.

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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 Central Medical Services Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Potential significant risk from doctors working alone while medically responsible for members of the public

    Wider context from the report

    “1. The recruitment process for the appointment of a Doctor to a position of such significant responsibility, with access to anaesthetic drugs, is completely inadequate. None of the above appears to have been known to ████████ when Dr Drew was appointed. Dr Drew worked alone, putting herself and members of the public, for whom she had medical responsibility, at potential significant risk. ”
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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 Central Medical Services Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Inadequate recruitment process for doctors with access to anaesthetic drugs

    Wider context from the report

    “1. The recruitment process for the appointment of a Doctor to a position of such significant responsibility, with access to anaesthetic drugs, is completely inadequate. None of the above appears to have been known to ████████ when Dr Drew was appointed. Dr Drew worked alone, putting herself and members of the public, for whom she had medical responsibility, at potential significant risk. ”
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How actions were described at the time

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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026