Source · Investigations in the NHS

Independent investigation: Bryan Bennett, Newham (1994)

London Incident 27 Jul 1994 Subject Bryan Bennett

MH patient fatally stabbed victim more than 80 times. Ind Inq 1995 – previous violence

Acceptance status

Per recommendation
No Response Published
3

Total recommendations
3
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

3 total
None Agencies holding information about risk of violence No Response Published
Recommendation
The authors recommended that where there is a risk of violence this must be disclosed on a ‘need to know’ basis to other agencies providing community care services.
None Agencies responsible for housing homeless people with mental health needs No Response Published
Recommendation
It is the recommendation of this report that bed and breakfast should not be used for homeless people with mental health needs.
None housing authorities and housing associations No Response Published
Recommendation
housing authorities and housing associations must have a policy on confidentiality which enables transmission of personal confidential information on the basis of ‘need to know’ for the purposes of determining suitable hosing allocation, and for the subsequent protection of service … Read more