The inquest heard that independent doctors did not have access to the CareNotes and relied upon printed copies of extracts from the notes which the AMHP considered pertinent to the Mental Health Act Assessment. Training is now available for independent s.12 doctors which, once completed, allows them access to CareNotes, but this training is not a mandated condition of their inclusion on the list of approved s.12 doctors. There remains a risk that, should a Trust doctor not be available to conduct the assessment, an independent doctor with no access to the patient’s records would be called upon to conduct an assessment.