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An independent external quality assurance review following an internal investigation into the care and treatment of mental health service user A in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Published June 2021

North East and Yorkshire Published 01 Jun 2021 Trust Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Index summary

This is the independent external quality assurance review following an internal investigation into the care and treatment of A. A post-publication assurance review in relation to the implementation of recommendations resulting from the investigation into the homicide committed by a mental health service user, A, can be viewed here .

Recommendations

3 total
1 Addressed to: Trust No Response Published

Link to recommendation 1

Recommendation · source text
Trust SI panel meetings should be formally recorded.
2 Addressed to: The Trust No Response Published

Link to recommendation 2

Recommendation · source text
The Trust should ensure that SI action plan evidence is rigorously tested and recorded in advance of action plan sign off.
3 Addressed to: The Trust No Response Published

Link to recommendation 3

Recommendation · source text
The Trust should assure itself within three months of receipt of the final report that it can evidence the implementation and completion of each recommendation, all of which were signed off at the South Locality Quality Standards Group meeting in September 2019.

Acceptance status

Per recommendation
No Response Published
3

Total recommendations
3
About this data

Acceptance status records the published response to each recommendation. Acceptance does not establish that an action has been completed.

Independent health investigation reports and reviews commissioned by government or NHS England.

About this investigation

Source & metadata

Independent investigation report. Recommendations and any published response are extracted below.