London Borough of Wandsworth

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First report 7 Mar 2018•Latest report 30 Jan 2025

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
3

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 London Borough of Wandsworth linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. West London

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    Liam Stephen Allan · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Liam Stephen Allan was arrested alongside the River Thames on the evening of 26 August 2022, entered the river, and drowned. The report identified concerns about inadequate lighting and visibility of riverside buoyancy aids, and about delays in alerting the London Fire Brigade because notification was made by telephone rather than through the faster CAD-mediated system.

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Delays in police alerting of the LFB and subsequent emergency response

    Wider context from the report

    “The process for alerting the LFB by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) uses a telephone to transmit information from the MPS to the LFB, rather than using a CAD-mediated system to transfer information electronically from the Police to the LFB which is faster than transmitting information by telephone. This delay means that there is a risk that future deaths could occur due to a delay in the LFB being alerted by the Police and a corresponding delay to the LFB's subsequent response to an emergency incident. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Inadequate visibility of riverside buoyancy aids

    Wider context from the report

    “The lighting of buoyancy aids on the riverside is not adequate, meaning that they are not able to be identified rapidly and then deployed without delay in an emergency situation. Buoyancy aids are more visible when painted with white stripes and/or reflective white stripes. However, not all buoyancy aids are so painted, meaning that they are not able to be identified rapidly and then deployed without delay in an emergency situation. ”
    Open source report

  2. Inner West London

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    Saima Usman · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Saima Usman, aged 44, was found deceased at her home following a fire on 8 July 2021. The fire did not contribute to her death; the recorded conclusion was an accidental drug-related death. The substantive concern was that people living in privately rented accommodation in Wandsworth may be at greater risk because the borough did not have a registered landlord scheme requiring smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of a registered landlord scheme requiring installation of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

    Wider context from the report

    “That those living in privately rented accommodation within the London Borough of Wandsworth are at greater risk of death from exposure to fire or CO, as it does not currently have registered landlord scheme through which in order to be registered smoke and CO detectors would have to be installed. ”
    Open source report

  3. Inner West London

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    Mrs Elizabeth Marion Griffin · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Mrs Elizabeth Marion Griffin, who was wheelchair bound due to advanced multiple sclerosis, was alone at home in bed when a dishwasher fire started on 14 July 2017. She activated her pendant alarm, but the responder did not recognise the smoke alarm, could not communicate effectively with her, and did not call the fire brigade; Mrs Griffin later died in hospital on 21 August 2017 from smoke inhalation injuries and bronchopneumonia. The concerns included delayed action by the dishwasher manufacturer, lack of appliance-owner registration and contact, and shortcomings in telecare arrangements, including unlinked fire alarms, responder training, communication, and escalation procedures.

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to provide accessible appliance registration for people with limited computer literacy

    Wider context from the report

    “3. That any such campaign be also targeted at those who are less computer literate and consideration be given as to how to address their needs in relation to registration. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Delays in launching appliance repair or withdrawal campaigns

    Wider context from the report

    “1. That it simply took too long for Whirlpool UK to launch the repair/withdrawal campaign. ”
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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to make linked fire alarms a contractual requirement for telecare clients

    Wider context from the report

    “8. That telecare systems providers and WWA in particular, insist that their clients, who by definition are vulnerable, have linked fire alarms as a contractual requirement for both new and existing clients in the same way that such providers insist on the provision to them by the client of keys to the clients’ homes. ”
    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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to escalate fire-alarm activations to the fire brigade within 30 seconds

    Wider context from the report

    “7. That telecare system operators and WWA in particular, apply the British Standards Institute requirement to call for the help of the fire brigade after 30 seconds maximum of trying to contact a client if the client’s fire alarm goes off. ”
    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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Artificially differentiated fire-safety treatment of watch-only and wider telecare clients

    Wider context from the report

    “4. That there is an artificial distinction between service users and clients who are “watch” only services, and those with wider telecare support. Either type of client would be vulnerable to fire. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to visibly flag unlinked fire alarms in client records

    Wider context from the report

    “12. That telecare systems providers and WWA in particular, highlight on the front screen of the client details, if that client has an unlinked fire alarm, until such a time as the unlinked alarm is replaced by a linked one, so as to alert call responders that sounds heard in the back ground or call may represent an activated fire alarm and thus the fire brigade may need to be called to the client’s home by the call responder. ”
    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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Unlinked household fire alarms in telecare users' homes

    Wider context from the report

    “5. That users of telecare systems have the fire alarms in their homes directly linked to the telecare systems. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to identify and replace unlinked fire alarms in a timely and auditable manner

    Wider context from the report

    “9. That telecare systems providers and WWA in particular, take active steps to identify clients without linked fire alarms and arrange for them to be replaced with linked fire alarms and that this should be done in a timely and auditable fashion. ”
    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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of working relationships with local fire brigades to facilitate client home fire-risk assessments

    Wider context from the report

    “13. That telecare systems providers and WWA in particular, develop working relationships with their local fire brigades to facilitate fire risk assessments visits to the homes of the clients by the fire brigade being offered to telecare clients and accepted by them. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Inadequate staff training on standards-compliant fire-alarm response

    Wider context from the report

    “10. That telecare systems providers and WWA in particular, train their staff on the appropriate response to the activation of a fire alarm and that this should be according to the standards laid down by the British Standards Institute. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to train staff to recognise and escalate linked and unlinked fire-alarm sounds

    Wider context from the report

    “11. That telecare systems providers and WWA in particular, train their staff as to what fire alarm activation sounds like whether from a linked or unlinked alarm and that they should call the fire brigade appropriately if they are heard by the responder to be activated. ”
    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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of a central appliance-owner registration and contact mechanism

    Wider context from the report

    “2. That there should be a safety campaign encouraging owners of appliances to register their details through a central portal such as AMBIA so that if concerns about an appliance arise they may be promptly contacted. ”
    Open source report

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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 London Borough of Wandsworth; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure of telecare systems to maintain communication throughout clients' properties

    Wider context from the report

    “6. That telecare systems be organised such that a client operating a pendant alarm can talk with the responder no matter where the client is within their property such as to allow a client with mobility problems to be in proper communication with their telecare system operator at all times. ”
    Open source report
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