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An independent investigation into the care and treatment of former service user RS: October 2016

South East Published 01 Oct 2016

This is the report of the independent investigation into the care and treatment of Mr RS . At the time of the homicide (2012) Mr RS was receiving care from Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust.

Acceptance status

Per recommendation
No Response Published
5

Total recommendations
5
About this data

Acceptance status tracks whether the trust accepted or responded to each recommendation.

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.

Recommendations

5 total
1 The Trust-wide Risk Panel No Response Published
Recommendation
The Trust-wide Risk Panel develop a reliable method for systematically and comprehensively obtaining the views of family members where appropriate when screening for risk.
2 The Trust No Response Published
Recommendation
The Trust ensures that all staff fully understand the limits to confidentiality, particularly in relation to risk of harm to self or others, and ensure that practice is in line with legal, professional and Department of Health guidance.
3 The Trust No Response Published
Recommendation
The Trust ensures that all medical staff receive sufficient support from colleagues and peers who are available to them. For trainees, this should include supervision by consultants and for consultants, peer group learning. Reflective practice should be embedded into the … Read more
4 The Trust Board No Response Published
Recommendation
The Trust Board should consider signing up to the ‘Triangle of Care’ or similar systematic and comprehensive approach to involvement of families, significant others and carers. The objective is to support culture change to promote full engagement of carers, and … Read more
5 The Trust No Response Published
Recommendation
As part of its ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the recommendations made by the internal review, the Trust should include stakeholder feedback – to answer the question: are these changes making a difference to service users, carers … Read more