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Simon Klineberg

Ref: 2016-0198 Date: 24 May 2016 Coroner: Guy Davies Area: Isles of Scilly Responses identified: 0 / 2 View PDF

Concerns include insufficient psychiatric bed availability, inadequate resourcing for home treatment teams, and significant waiting lists for psychological therapy, especially for high-risk patients.

Date 24 May 2016
56-day deadline 19 Jul 2016 est.
Responses identified 0 of 2
Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths

Coroner's concerns

AI summary
Concerns include insufficient psychiatric bed availability, inadequate resourcing for home treatment teams, and significant waiting lists for psychological therapy, especially for high-risk patients.
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(1) To review the availability of beds for psychiatric patients in Cornwall. Kernow Clinical Commissioning group (KCCG) to respond (2) To review the allocation of resources to the home treatment team, with particular reference to the threshold for offering support: Both Kernow Clinical Commissioning group (KCCG) and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) to respond (3) To review the waiting lists for individual psychological therapy. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) to respond: (4) To review procedures for prioritizing high risk patients in waiting lists for psychological therapy: Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) to respond.

Report sections

Investigation and inquest
In June 2015 an investigation commenced into the death of 58 year old Simon Jonathon Klineberg: The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 19"h May 2016. The conclusion of the inquest was that Mr Klineberg died from a self-inflicted, reckless and impulsive overdose of prescription medication, administered to address acute head pain, possibly caused by his psychological condition:
Circumstances of the death
Jonathon suffered serious mental health problems for the last 18 months of his life and was diagnosed with agitated depression and generalized anxiety-Jonathan was hospitalized after near fatal self-harm incidents in 2014 and November 2014 following which an extensive psychological assessment was conducted. Individual psychological therapy was recommended in February 2015,but was delayed due to waiting lists and never commenced. Psychological therapy may have reduced the risk of death in this case: It is not possible to say on the balance of probabilities whether Jonathan would have survived if he had been able to access individual psychological therapy: During the course of his illness Jonathan developed increasingly severe intermittent head pains possibly rooted in his emotional and psychological condition: The Jonathon felt led to impulsive and reckless self-medication in an attempt to reduce that pain; Reckless self-medication led to an overdose on 27th May 2015 and a further admission to hospital. Jonathon was discharged home the following and referred for assessment to the Home Treatment Team (HTT) on the basis that he was considered to be a significant risk to himself The function of the HTT is to provide intensive treatment or critical care to people in their own home who are in an acute mental crisis, who without such support might require hospital admission: HTT assessed Jonathan on the 2015 and found him to be a high risk to himself: The HTT decided not take him onto their caseload or to admit him to a psychiatric unit: Jonathon was referred by the_HIT to the integrated community mental health team Guy May pain . day 29th The May

Admission to hospital or support from HTT from 29/5 may have reduced the risk of death in this case. It is not possible to say on the balance of probabilities whether Jonathon would have survived if he had been taken onto the HTT caseload, Before any further treatment could commence a further reckless overdose caused his death in the early hours of 7th June 2015_
Action should be taken
In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and believe Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group have the power to take such action.

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Reference
2016-0198
Date of report
24 May 2016
Coroner
Guy Davies
Coroner area
Isles of Scilly

Responses identified

Responses identified 0 of 2
2 responses not yet linked

Organisations named in PFD reports are normally expected to respond within 56 days. Deadline: 19 Jul 2016 (estimated).

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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group

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