"Multiple pieces of relevant information regarding [REDACTED] current illness were contained in disparate record ‘silos’. It was difficult for clinicians to access this information and, as such, it was not available to the reviewing psychiatric team, in particular.

"I am concerned that the previous focus on access to medical records, which was to occur through the NHS Programme for IT, has been lost and that the new focus on patient access to GP records will not address the risks posed by the current state of record sharing within the NHS."