Privateer bosses of a Manchester immigration detention centre changed the centre’s medical procedures following the death of a man in custody awaiting deportation, an inquest in the city has been told.

The coroner said he is considering issuing a statutory instruction over provision of medical services at the centre — otherwise known as Regulation 28 — human rights campaigners revealed yesterday.

Tehir Mehmood, 43, came to Britain from Pakistan in 2007. When his work permit ran out he was told leave, and in July 2013 he was taken to Pennine House short-term detention centre, run by private security firm Tascor at Manchester airport.

He collapsed and died there on July 26 2013.

Paramedics said when they arrived no-one was trying to resuscitate him. The paramedics tried for an hour unsuccessfully.

Lead nurse at Pennine House Lisa Jane Grice told Manchester Coroner Nigel Meadows that medical staff are now given essential paperwork before seeing new detainees.

There are also defibrillators on two floors at the centre, instead of one, and more staff have been trained to use them.

Previously, there was a two-hour “window” when detainees asked to see a nurse but now the medical staff are required to see them as soon as possible.

Other changes have been introduced involving the recording of blood pressure checks.

The coroner said his “preliminary view” was that he was inclined to use his powers to issue a report if it appeared there is a risk of other deaths occurring in similar circumstances.

The inquest into Mr Mehmood’s death has heard that medical staff at the centre did not see paperwork warning them that Mr Mehmood had complained of chest pains before he was transferred to Pennine House.

When he complained at Pennine House he was given paracetamol. When he collapsed there was no defibrillator on the floor where he was being detained.

As reported in the Morning Star, Mr Mehmood’s widow Misbah Tahir, who lives in Pakistan, was denied permission to come to Britain to attend the inquest into her husband’s death. An appeal to the Immigration Tribunal was also rejected.

The inquest continues today and is expected to end tomorrow.