Lack of shared patient records linked to mother’s death

The lack of a single patient record across a system led to failures in information sharing, which contributed to a mother’s death, a coroner has concluded.

According to a Prevention of Future Deaths notice, providers across Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board involved in the care of Hannah Booth, who died by suicide in January 2025, did not have the “whole picture” of her mental health deterioration because electronic systems used by different services did not share data.

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Source: Health Service Journal, 19 December 2025