A coroner has warned the NHS owners that the old IT system may cause future deaths due to delay in availability of mental health assessment among various teams.
Prof. Paul Marx, a senior coroner of plow and East riding, released a future death report after an inquiry about John Kirkman’s death, who took his life.
Pro Marx said that healthcare teams may resulting in an inconsistent computer program to face problems in reaching “important” information about patients and may delay care.
The report sent to the Chief Executive of NHS England stated that the organization should take action, “possibly reviewing the compatibility of the IT system”.
The report said that Mr. Kirkman, who was 36 years old, had a long history of Paranoid schizophrenia and took his life on 27 December 2023.
During interrogation, the coroner said that the evidence revealed the cases that caused him to worry.
Pro Marx said that if a mental health screening was evaluated in one part of the country, the results and conclusions could not be available immediately anywhere else when another assessment is made due to the use of separate IT systems.
“As a result of the absence of important background information, further referral may result in a wrong priority, as it was in this case,” he said.
He said that clinical information and lack of data availability “could adversely affect later assessment”, he said.
Koroner said that NHS England had 56 days with details of action or proposed timetable of action.
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