Relatives angry that investigation of Essex Partnership trust over mental health patients’ deaths can’t make witnesses give evidence
A recently bereaved mother has added her voice to calls for a “proper inquiry” into the Essex Partnership university NHS trust after her son died, having been told he had to wait up to 28 days for an in-person assessment by its mental health team.
The trust (EPUT) is currently the subject of an independent inquiry into the deaths of almost 2,000 mental health patients under its – or its predecessors’ care – but bereaved relatives are angry that the inquiry has not been granted legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence.
