Source · Investigations in the NHS

Independent investigation: Richard Astin, Huddersfield (2019)

North East and Yorkshire Incident 26 Mar 2019 Subject Richard Astin

Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed acquaintance. Convicted of murder – life with minimum of 19 years

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
1 South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust No Response Published
Recommendation
Where a service user is actively supported by a carer/family member or close friend, and those individuals are relied on by the service user for their wellbeing and stability, the care team must provide the opportunity for those individuals to … Read more
2 South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust No Response Published
Recommendation
The Trust is tasked with designing an audit approach that enables it to test the impact of improvements it has already implemented. The key areas that must be tested are: • the impact of FIRM • the new approach to … Read more
3 South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust No Response Published
Recommendation
It is commendable that the Trust is developing the role of a family liaison officer to work with families and be a named point of contact through an incident investigation process. However, CUK recommends that the Trust ensures it embraces … Read more