Three patients died after ambulance transfer delays from private hospital

Three patients died after delayed transfers from a private hospital within a nine-month period, coroner’s findings reveal.

Three prevention of future deaths reports reviewed by HSJ raised concerns about the deaths of patients whose transfer from Spire’s Norwich facility to the NHS hospital in the same city was delayed.

The sites, which are one mile apart, are run by £1bn-turnover private company Spire Healthcare and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust respectively.

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Source: HSJ, 15 November 2023

Prevention of Future Deaths reports:

• Geoffrey Hoad (13 September 2023)
• Prevention of Future Deaths report: Christina Ruse (3 October 2022)
• Prevention of Future Deaths report: Barbara Hollis (3 October 2022)