Crawley Borough Council

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First report 4 Aug 2015•Latest report 4 Aug 2015

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
0%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Crawley Borough Council linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. West Sussex

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    Mr Warren · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Mr Warren, an elderly and deaf tenant with no known family or friends, was found deceased at home on 29 January 2015 after apparently falling around 24 January and suffering broken ribs, bronchopneumonia and signs of hypothermia. Concerns included the failure to address a hazardous electric heater, the use of a non-urgent police welfare check, insufficient guidance and training for social-work staff, and the absence of a formal review by the relevant councils.

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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 Crawley Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to equip social work staff with knowledge and training about police welfare-check criteria and appropriateness

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) That WSCC Social Work staff are not aware of, given any training regarding or provided with any information about the criteria likely to be applied by police for conducting welfare checks and/or the circumstances in which it is or is not appropriate to ask the police to conduct a welfare check. ”
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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 Crawley Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to remove or make safe a potentially hazardous electric fire

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) That Mr Warren had a potentially hazardous electric fire inside his home that had been supplied by his landlords (CBC) and that was left in situ from 14th January up until his death despite notification of this to the housing authorities; ”
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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 Crawley Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to allocate non-urgent social welfare checks to an appropriate council employee

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) That WSCC Social Work staff sought to use police resources to conduct a non-urgent social welfare check, rather than allocating that check to an appropriate council employee; ”
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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 Crawley Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of formal review of safeguarding-related deaths

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) That neither CBC nor WSCC have a yet undertaken any formal review of this case despite the death of someone known to both organisation and subject to a safeguarding alert at the time of his death. An opportunity to learn lessons from the above events has hence been delayed and potentially been lost. ”
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