David Clark
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)I trust that lessons have been learned and that there is now in place a more robust system of noting in clinical records and some form of audit to make sure that the noting is up to standard.
To the layman it would seem that all services across Scotland should be operating to the same standard and that standard should be as high as possible.
If any pathology or toxicology service is not accredited then should steps be taken to obtain accreditation?
If it has not already been done, consideration should be given to random auditing of clinical files to check procedures, note taking and the like.
Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.
Section 28 responses
Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending
No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.
About Fatal Accident Inquiries
Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.
Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.