Clive Miles · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 16 Dec 2019•Manchester South

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This report’s concerns and statements found in recipients’ published responses. Statements are included even where no link to an individual concern is recorded. A link shows an evidence connection; it does not assign responsibility.

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Failure to adequately assess overdose risk before changing prescription frequency

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.1

  1. NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

    Remind all Stockport GPs to record clear, detailed reasons and factors supporting changes to prescribing frequency.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

  1. NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

    The decision to change prescribing frequency rests on the treating clinician’s judgement at the consultation.

    Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
  2. NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

    No standard risk assessment tool can be adopted because available tools lack sufficient specificity or sensitivity and are not evidenced as effective.

    Unable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to adequately assess overdose risk before changing prescription frequency

Wider context from the report

“The inquest was told that previously Clive Miles had been changed to weekly prescriptions because he had overdosed on prescribed medication when on monthly prescriptions. In the week before his death his General Practitioner had moved him back to monthly prescribing believing that the risk no longer existed based on a discussion with him about how he was at that time. There was limited evidence of any assessment of the risk or the need to change the prescribing pattern. As a result he was in possession of a significantly increased quantity of medication in comparison to the amount he had been restricted to on weekly prescriptions. ”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Remind all Stockport GPs to record clear, detailed reasons and factors supporting changes to prescribing frequency.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Stockport CCG is committed to learning and with this case in mind I will ensure that all GPs across the Stockport patch are reminded of the importance of recording clear and detailed notes explaining the basis on which any change to prescribing frequency has been made.”

Source location

2019-0432-Response-from-NHS-Stockport-Clinical-Commissioning-Group
Page 2 · response
Published 31 December 2019

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

The decision to change prescribing frequency rests on the treating clinician’s judgement at the consultation.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The decision to amend the frequency of prescribing is based on the clinician’s judgement at the time of the consultation. Unfortunately, there is no standard risk assessment tool that is currently evidenced to be effective. The tools that are available are either not specific enough or not sensitive enough. This essentially means that assessment of risk is a clinical”

Source location

2019-0432-Response-from-NHS-Stockport-Clinical-Commissioning-Group
Page 1 · response
Published 31 December 2019

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

No standard risk assessment tool can be adopted because available tools lack sufficient specificity or sensitivity and are not evidenced as effective.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The decision to amend the frequency of prescribing is based on the clinician’s judgement at the time of the consultation. Unfortunately, there is no standard risk assessment tool that is currently evidenced to be effective. The tools that are available are either not specific enough or not sensitive enough. This essentially means that assessment of risk is a clinical”

Source location

2019-0432-Response-from-NHS-Stockport-Clinical-Commissioning-Group
Page 1 · response
Published 31 December 2019

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