Families of Nottingham attack victims urge NHS to release full report about killer's mental health care

NHS England has been urged to change its decision not to publish a full report into care received by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane.

A summary of the independent mental health homicide report is set to be made publicly available this week, but the full version will be kept confidential due to "data protection legislation relating to patient information".

But the victims' families have called for the full findings to be released.

Speaking on behalf of the families, adviser Radd Seiger said: "The families have already reached out to NHS England (NHSE) to strongly urge them to publish the findings in full.

"They believe it is very much in the public interest and in the interests of safety to do so. NHSE have thus far refused."

It is understood that only Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust will have access to the full report, with all other mental health trusts receiving a summary.

Calocane, 33, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after killing 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates in a spate of attacks in Nottingham in June 2023.

He also attempted to kill three others.

Prosecutors accepted his not guilty pleas to murder after medical evidence showed he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.

He was later sentenced for manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility and attempted murder.

An NHS England spokesperson said: "Independent mental health homicide reports are commissioned by NHS England and published in line with the requirements of confidentiality and data protection legislation relating to patient information."

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