Recipient

Greenshades Coach Travel Limited

First report 25 May 2016•Latest report 25 May 2016

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Private and voluntary organisations · Coach operator. 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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

25 May2016
Surrey
Concerns raised6
1. Inability of schools to inform bus companies about concerns without a formal diagnosis
2. Lack of requirements for contracted pupil-transport bus companies to ensure driver Basic Life Support training
3. Failure to provide Basic Life Support training as routine secondary education
1. Lack of a Basic Life Support qualification requirement for pupil-transport drivers
2. Absence of emergency-response protocols for drivers driving buses
3. Inability to put protective measures in place for bus transport concerns
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AI-generated summary

Christopher James B Sears · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Christopher James B Sears, a 13-year-old boy, died on 13 November 2014 after a seizure-like episode on a school bus; resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. The report raised concerns about the absence of Basic Life Support training and emergency protocols for school-bus drivers, delays in calling emergency services, and difficulties alerting the bus company where there was no formal diagnosis.

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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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Inability of schools to inform bus companies about concerns without a formal diagnosis
Wider context from the report
“4. The school were unable to inform the bus company concerned without a formal diagnosis and to put protective measures in place. ”
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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of requirements for contracted pupil-transport bus companies to ensure driver Basic Life Support training
Wider context from the report
“1. There is no requirement for bus companies tendering for contracts from Local Authorities to transport pupils/students to ensure all their drivers have undergone training in Basic Life Support. ”
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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to provide Basic Life Support training as routine secondary education
Wider context from the report
“5. Basic Life Support training is not taught as a matter of course to young adults in secondary education and is not part of the national curriculum. ”
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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of a Basic Life Support qualification requirement for pupil-transport drivers
Wider context from the report
“2. There is no requirement for drivers transporting pupils/students to hold a Basic Life Support qualification. ”
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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Absence of emergency-response protocols for drivers driving buses
Wider context from the report
“3. No protocols were in place to assist a driver as to what to do in an emergency situation whilst driving a bus including the need to call the emergency services at the earliest opportunity. ”
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 Greenshades Coach Travel Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Inability to put protective measures in place for bus transport concerns
Wider context from the report
“4. The school were unable to inform the bus company concerned without a formal diagnosis and to put protective measures in place. ”
Open source report

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised6

Inability of schools to inform bus companies about concerns without a formal diagnosis

Lack of requirements for contracted pupil-transport bus companies to ensure driver Basic Life Support training

Failure to provide Basic Life Support training as routine secondary education

Lack of a Basic Life Support qualification requirement for pupil-transport drivers

Absence of emergency-response protocols for drivers driving buses

Inability to put protective measures in place for bus transport concerns