Recipient

Great Places Housing Association

First report 11 Sep 2017•Latest report 11 Sep 2017

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Housing · Registered provider of social housing. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports: 1
Published responses: 0%
Concerns addressed: 0
Stated actions: 0

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Great Places Housing Association linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

11 Sep2017
Manchester City
Concerns raised7
1. Failure of Social Services to proactively pursue referrals and understand fire risks through joined-up interagency working
2. Failure to identify people potentially at risk of fire in their premises
3. Lack of a GPHA process to automatically consider fire risks and prevention
1. Lack of automatic water suppression systems for blocks of flats and individuals at high risk
2. Failure to refer people at risk of fire to GMFRS
3. Failure of GPHA to make referrals to GMFRS for safe and well visits
4. Lack of appropriate smoke alarms and assistive technology
Responses linked to these concerns
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AI-generated summary

Mr Brian MacLean · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Mr Brian MacLean died on 19 March 2016 from smoke inhalation contributed to by alcohol toxicity after a fire started while he was smoking on his sofa. The report raised concerns about insufficiently proactive social services involvement, failure to identify and refer him as being at risk of fire, and the absence of automatic processes for fire-risk assessment, referrals, sprinklers and other preventive measures.

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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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure of Social Services to proactively pursue referrals and understand fire risks through joined-up interagency working
Wider context from the report
“1. That Social Services did not take a more proactive role in pursuing any referral and understanding the risks presented by the deceased. This requires joined up thinking and working with GPs, the NHS locally, the housing provider and finally GMFRS. ”
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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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to identify people potentially at risk of fire in their premises
Wider context from the report
“2. There was no identification of the deceased as being potentially at risk of a fire in his premises and no referral to GMFRS. ”
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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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of a GPHA process to automatically consider fire risks and prevention
Wider context from the report
“3. There was no process for GPHA to automatically consider fire risks and prevention and make referrals to GMFRS for safe and well visits. ”
Open source report
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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of automatic water suppression systems for blocks of flats and individuals at high risk
Wider context from the report
“4. It is clear that GPHA did not have an automatic water suppression system (sprinklers) that could be fitted to properties which comprise blocks of flats and or for individuals at high risk. In addition appropriate smoke alarms and other assistive technology could have been installed. 5. The recipients of this report would be well advised to read and digest the detailed GMFRS Fire Investigation Report and its recommendations which are wholly endorsed by the court. ”
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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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to refer people at risk of fire to GMFRS
Wider context from the report
“2. There was no identification of the deceased as being potentially at risk of a fire in his premises and no referral to GMFRS. ”
Open source report
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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure of GPHA to make referrals to GMFRS for safe and well visits
Wider context from the report
“3. There was no process for GPHA to automatically consider fire risks and prevention and make referrals to GMFRS for safe and well visits. ”
Open source report
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 Great Places Housing Association; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of appropriate smoke alarms and assistive technology
Wider context from the report
“4. It is clear that GPHA did not have an automatic water suppression system (sprinklers) that could be fitted to properties which comprise blocks of flats and or for individuals at high risk. In addition appropriate smoke alarms and other assistive technology could have been installed. 5. The recipients of this report would be well advised to read and digest the detailed GMFRS Fire Investigation Report and its recommendations which are wholly endorsed by the court. ”
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Data last updated 7 September 2026

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised7

Failure of Social Services to proactively pursue referrals and understand fire risks through joined-up interagency working

Failure to identify people potentially at risk of fire in their premises

Lack of a GPHA process to automatically consider fire risks and prevention

Lack of automatic water suppression systems for blocks of flats and individuals at high risk

Failure to refer people at risk of fire to GMFRS

Failure of GPHA to make referrals to GMFRS for safe and well visits

Lack of appropriate smoke alarms and assistive technology