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Megan Davison

2024-0373
Prevention of Future Deaths Report

Coroner

Coroner's area

Date of report

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Alison McCormick

Hertfordshire

15 July 2024

Report recipients

Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

MH team (community healthcare trust)

Private sector healthcare provider commissioned by NHS

"Lack of integration between mental health and physical healthcare systems... Whilst there have been significant advances in developing shared clinical records systems across primary and secondary care since Ms Davison’s death in 2017, none of the shared records systems extends to organisations which are deemed to be private providers, such as The Priory. The perception of healthcare providers such The Priory as “private” providers is a fallacy, because a high percentage of patients looked after by such providers are, like Ms Davison, NHS patients. I heard evidence from the Chief Medical Officer of The Priory that record sharing which includes private providers would help to prevent future deaths."

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