Brenda Fisher · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 27 Jun 2025•Manchester South

Published report and response evidence

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
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Raised in this report

Recipients
1

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
7

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Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Risk of death from patients remaining for lengthy periods in areas not designed or intended for observations and care
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to provide safe ongoing care during prolonged emergency-department stays

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.7

  1. Department of Health and Social Care

    Separate urgent from emergency care so patients are treated in the most appropriate setting.

  2. Department of Health and Social Care

    Provide clear pathways and appropriate waiting environments for people attending hospital with urgent needs.

  3. Department of Health and Social Care

    Eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow.

  4. Department of Health and Social Care

    Publish the Ten Year Health Plan to create a new model of care.

  5. Department of Health and Social Care

    Expand access to urgent care services at home and in the community through the Neighbourhood Health model.

  6. Department of Health and Social Care

    Publish the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 to tackle corridor care and reduce prolonged A&E waits.

  7. Department of Health and Social Care

    Provide almost £450 million of capital investment, including funding for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Department of Health and Social Care

    The trust is best placed to respond on specific local actions addressing the concerns about prolonged waits, corridor care and operational pressures.

    Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Risk of death from patients remaining for lengthy periods in areas not designed or intended for observations and care

Wider context from the report

“The court heard evidence that on her final attendance to hospital, Mrs Fisher was cared for in the Emergency Department’s ‘Rapid Assessment and Triage’ Corridor for at least 23 hours before a bed was found for her. Whilst the Trust has undertaken a number of steps locally to mitigate the risks associated with this practice, I am concerned that there remains a residual and inherent risk of death arising from patients remaining for lengthy periods in areas not designed or intended for undertaking observations and providing care. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to provide safe ongoing care during prolonged emergency-department stays.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Separate urgent from emergency care so patients are treated in the most appropriate setting.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In June 2025, we published the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26. The Plan sets out the steps we are taking to tackle corridor care and reduce 12-hour waits in A&E Department’s, including a commitment to eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow. The plan also provides almost £450 million of capital investment including for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres. We will provide clear pathways and the right waiting environment when people do need to come to a hospital site with an urgent need. We will take a significant step to separate urgent from emergency care, so that people are treated in the most appropriate setting.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide clear pathways and appropriate waiting environments for people attending hospital with urgent needs.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In June 2025, we published the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26. The Plan sets out the steps we are taking to tackle corridor care and reduce 12-hour waits in A&E Department’s, including a commitment to eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow. The plan also provides almost £450 million of capital investment including for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres. We will provide clear pathways and the right waiting environment when people do need to come to a hospital site with an urgent need. We will take a significant step to separate urgent from emergency care, so that people are treated in the most appropriate setting.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In June 2025, we published the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26. The Plan sets out the steps we are taking to tackle corridor care and reduce 12-hour waits in A&E Department’s, including a commitment to eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow. The plan also provides almost £450 million of capital investment including for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres. We will provide clear pathways and the right waiting environment when people do need to come to a hospital site with an urgent need. We will take a significant step to separate urgent from emergency care, so that people are treated in the most appropriate setting.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
Page 2 · response
Published 14 July 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Publish the Ten Year Health Plan to create a new model of care.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In July 2025, we published the Ten Year Health Plan to create a new model of care, fit for the future. A key focus of our approach will be to expand access to urgent care services at home and in the community as part of our new Neighbourhood Health model. This will improve the experience and care that people receive, rather than having to go to hospital unnecessarily. This will reduce demand in ED’s, meaning that they are liberated to focus on providing the best, most cutting-edge and most productive care for those who most need it.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Expand access to urgent care services at home and in the community through the Neighbourhood Health model.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In July 2025, we published the Ten Year Health Plan to create a new model of care, fit for the future. A key focus of our approach will be to expand access to urgent care services at home and in the community as part of our new Neighbourhood Health model. This will improve the experience and care that people receive, rather than having to go to hospital unnecessarily. This will reduce demand in ED’s, meaning that they are liberated to focus on providing the best, most cutting-edge and most productive care for those who most need it.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Publish the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 to tackle corridor care and reduce prolonged A&E waits.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In June 2025, we published the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26. The Plan sets out the steps we are taking to tackle corridor care and reduce 12-hour waits in A&E Department’s, including a commitment to eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow. The plan also provides almost £450 million of capital investment including for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres. We will provide clear pathways and the right waiting environment when people do need to come to a hospital site with an urgent need. We will take a significant step to separate urgent from emergency care, so that people are treated in the most appropriate setting.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide almost £450 million of capital investment, including funding for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In June 2025, we published the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26. The Plan sets out the steps we are taking to tackle corridor care and reduce 12-hour waits in A&E Department’s, including a commitment to eliminate corridor care by improving patient flow. The plan also provides almost £450 million of capital investment including for Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centres. We will provide clear pathways and the right waiting environment when people do need to come to a hospital site with an urgent need. We will take a significant step to separate urgent from emergency care, so that people are treated in the most appropriate setting.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

The trust is best placed to respond on specific local actions addressing the concerns about prolonged waits, corridor care and operational pressures.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The report raises concerns regarding prolonged A&E waits, corridor care and operational pressures faced by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. I understand that you have also sent a copy of your report directly to the trust who is best placed to respond on the specific actions undertaken locally in response to the concerns you raise. However, in preparing this response, my officials have made enquiries with NHS England to ensure we adequately address your concerns.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 14 July 2025

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