GMMH local structured risk assessment responsibility
Southport Inquiry · The Southport Inquiry Report: Phase 1 · Issued 13 April 2026 · Addressed to: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
At the local level, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust should liaise with all of the relevant community healthcare organisations (including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Liaison Services) to ensure that there is clarity about who is responsible for conducting complex structured risk assessments for children and young people who present a risk of violence to others.
Southport Inquiry, The Southport Inquiry Report: Phase 1 · 13 Apr 2026 Source PDF →
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Response — verbatim from government
●Department of Health and Social Care
DHSC has limited powers to direct NHS Foundation Trusts to implement recommendations 51 and 53. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has written to Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust to encourage implementation of recommendations aimed at them. Trusts have already confirmed that work has begun in relation to recommendation 53, and that they are on track to meet the implementation deadline of 13 October 2026. (Government Response to Phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry, CP 1623, 2 July 2026.)
Department of Health and Social Care · 2 Jul 2026 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care Government response published 2 July 2026 (CP 1623). The government agreed with this recommendation and addressed it in the response; the named body's delivery is in progress. Source →
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