Date set for mental health deaths inquiry evidence

An inquiry looking into mental health deaths in Essex will begin hearing evidence on 9 September.

The Lampard Inquiry will investigate the deaths of more than 2,000 patients in the care of NHS trusts in Essex between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2023.

Evidence will be heard in public in Essex and live-streamed online over a three-week period.

The first hearings are expected to include opening statements as well as evidence from those impacted by mental health deaths.

The inquiry was announced in November 2020 after warnings from health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and a damning Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report in 2019, external into the deaths of two men in Essex.

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Source: BBC News, 20 June 2024