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Local Care Direct Limited

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First report 30 Jul 2014•Latest report 30 Jul 2014

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Health and care · Independent healthcare provider. 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

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

Evidence profile

Report topics

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Local Care Direct Limited linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. West Yorkshire (East)

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    Anne Whitworth · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Anne Whitworth developed worsening abdominal symptoms and became acutely unwell on 8 September 2013. She suffered respiratory and cardiac arrest while being taken to hospital and died later that evening; a post-mortem examination identified aspiration of gastric contents due to intestinal obstruction caused by volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Concerns included the failure to access her prior GP records out of hours and a missed opportunity to escalate her treatment.

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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 Local Care Direct Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Unavailability of electronic medical records to out-of-hours GPs

    Wider context from the report

    “2. He explained that out of hours he could not access Mrs Whitworth’s medical records. Their computer systems were not compatible and therefore he could not access her medical records electronically which is a major handicap to GPs working on urgent presentations out of hours. ”
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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 Local Care Direct Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to escalate treatment options when clinically indicated

    Wider context from the report

    “3. The Out of Hours GP conceded that there was a missed opportunity to escalate Mrs Whitworth’s treatment options. ”
    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 Local Care Direct Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to ensure emergency doctors are aware of relevant GP consultations, symptoms and referrals

    Wider context from the report

    “1. The Emergency Doctor stated that had he been aware of the GP consultation on 30th August 2013 and her then symptoms and the fact that a referral to a gastroenterologist had been made, his management of Mrs Whitworth would have been different. ”
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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