Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7105

Psychiatric Patients: Homicide

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure NHS mental health trusts are putting into practice lessons learned from patient homicides.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, mental health-related homicides are required to be referred to the NHS England Regional Independent Investigation Team for consideration for an independent or locally-led patient safety incident invest...

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