Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75887

Psychiatric Patients: Safety

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 8 October 2025

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of recent incidents involving known risk items being accessed by mental health patients with the knowledge of NHS staff.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
On 4 April 2025, NHS England published its ‘Staying Safe from Suicide: Best Practice Guidance for Safety Assessment, Formulation and Management'. This promotes a shift towards a more holistic, person-centred approach rather than relying on risk prediction...

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