Thomas Whitfield

[BRIEF SUMMARY OF MATTERS OF CONCERN] The deceased's sister made a statement advising that she had spoken t0 hospital staff alerting them to the risk that she perceived her brother had of suicide: Her stalement states that staff had acknowledged this and were aware of this, were monitoring him and they had been able to listen to his telephone conversations which took place near to their desk: Evidence was given that it would be expected that such calls would be recorded in the Paris notes and acted upon including speaking to the patient: Consultant Psychiatrist evidence that if he had been aware of such family concerns it would have affected his risk assessments. There is only one telephone call recorded in the Paris notes which does not make any reference to any such concerns: calls now are recorded for monitoring and training purposes and had such calls being s0 monitored and or recorded then at least it would be possible to prove one way or the other whether such calls had taken place and what their content was. There is no such monitoring or recording of calls at the present time There is CCTV in the hospital, which can be viewed after an event to clarify what didlnot happen:. July gave Many