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First report 25 Aug 2017•Latest report 25 Aug 2017

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 Guinness Care and Support Limited linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon

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    Kenneth Arthur Brincombe · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Kenneth Arthur Brincombe, an 81-year-old man with severe mobility and visual impairments, accidentally set fire to himself while smoking on 31 October 2016 and died from his burns. Concerns included carers facilitating smoking without supervision, insufficient training to assess fire hazards, and smoke detectors that would not alert a fire station or enable him to take evasive action.

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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 Guinness Care and Support Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Inability of a person with the relevant disability to take evasive action during a fire

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) Mr Brincombe had received advice and had three smoke detectors fitted, however these would only alert Mr Brincombe to the fire. The smoke detectors would not alert a fire station, and in Mr Brincombe’s level of disability he would be unable to take evasive action. ”
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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 Guinness Care and Support Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to recognise that carers were not obliged to facilitate smoking despite the fire risk

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) There was an assumption that because Mr Brincombe wanted to smoke that the carers had no choice but to facilitate this despite putting Mr Brincombe and his neighbours at risk of death by fire. ”
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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 Guinness Care and Support Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of carer training to assess household and appliance fire hazards

    Wider context from the report

    “(2) In evidence the carer confirmed that the carers were responsible for maintaining a safe environment, but had no training in how to assess whether the house and the appliances were safe or whether they posed a fire hazard. ”
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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 Guinness Care and Support Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure of smoke detectors to alert a fire station

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) Mr Brincombe had received advice and had three smoke detectors fitted, however these would only alert Mr Brincombe to the fire. The smoke detectors would not alert a fire station, and in Mr Brincombe’s level of disability he would be unable to take evasive action. ”
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