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BBC News, Essex<\/span><\/p>\nReporting from<\/svg>Lampard Inquiry<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nJamie Niblock\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDeborah Coles said the behaviour of some NHS trusts at inquests was “reprehensible”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nHealth trusts have repeatedly tried to prevent coroners from issuing Prevention of Future Death reports in order to protect their reputations, an inquiry has heard.<\/p>\nDeborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, told the BBC the “reprehensible” behaviour was a pattern “played out across the country” but was “exemplified” in Essex.<\/p>\nShe gave evidence at the Lampard Inquiry, which is looking into the deaths of more than 2,000 people being treated by NHS mental health services in Essex between 2000 and 2023.<\/p>\nEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has apologised to those affected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n‘Angry and frustrated’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\nIn her evidence to the inquiry, Ms Coles said the “lack of candour” on the part of mental health trusts in Essex was the reason a statutory public inquiry needed to be held.<\/p>\n“It’s difficult to say how traumatising that is for families when they sit in at an inquest\u2026 and then see legal representatives try and effectively stop a coroner from making a Prevention of Future Deaths report, which is ultimately about trying to safeguard lives in the future – and I find that reprehensible,” she said.<\/p>\n“We are talking here about trying to protect lives and also remember those who’ve died where those deaths were preventable.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nStuart Woodward\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Lampard Inquiry is hearing evidence at Arundel House in London across several sessions in 2025 and 2026<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after giving evidence, Ms Coles said NHS trusts were more concerned about reputational damage than learning lessons.<\/p>\n“This goes to the heart of what I was talking about [in the inquiry]… the fact that trusts are more concerned with protecting their reputations than acknowledging the failings in their systems and processes and trying to do something meaningful about it,” she said.<\/p>\nMs Coles added that she was also angry and frustrated at a lack of political will from successive governments “to ensure the change that is needed\u2026 to try and stop the appalling culture of defensiveness that we see from NHS trusts, exemplified by Essex”.<\/p>\n“NHS trusts try and argue with coroners that they’ve already implemented changes and that a report is not necessary,” she said, adding that it undermined potential for local and national learning.<\/p>\n“We need to be able to ensure that we’re not talking about cut-and-paste action plans, but we can demonstrate that action has been taken and that recommendations are implemented.”<\/p>\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “It’s crucial that every person affected by this ordeal has a right to tell their story. <\/p>\n“The inquiry has heard testimonies from many families, and we are confident that the inquiry will provide a valuable channel for them to have their voices heard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBereaved families were praised by Ms Coles for their “incredible strength, courage and determination”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nThe public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\nEvidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\nEPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\nHe said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock\/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3929,4513,231,706,1359,2469,1031,858,6413],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-coroner","tag-essex","tag-health","tag-hears","tag-inquiry","tag-mental","tag-reports","tag-stop","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"\nInquiry hears Essex mental health trusts 'try to stop' coroner reports - 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Deborah Coles said the behaviour of some NHS trusts at inquests was “reprehensible”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nHealth trusts have repeatedly tried to prevent coroners from issuing Prevention of Future Death reports in order to protect their reputations, an inquiry has heard.<\/p>\nDeborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, told the BBC the “reprehensible” behaviour was a pattern “played out across the country” but was “exemplified” in Essex.<\/p>\nShe gave evidence at the Lampard Inquiry, which is looking into the deaths of more than 2,000 people being treated by NHS mental health services in Essex between 2000 and 2023.<\/p>\nEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has apologised to those affected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n‘Angry and frustrated’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\nIn her evidence to the inquiry, Ms Coles said the “lack of candour” on the part of mental health trusts in Essex was the reason a statutory public inquiry needed to be held.<\/p>\n“It’s difficult to say how traumatising that is for families when they sit in at an inquest\u2026 and then see legal representatives try and effectively stop a coroner from making a Prevention of Future Deaths report, which is ultimately about trying to safeguard lives in the future – and I find that reprehensible,” she said.<\/p>\n“We are talking here about trying to protect lives and also remember those who’ve died where those deaths were preventable.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nStuart Woodward\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Lampard Inquiry is hearing evidence at Arundel House in London across several sessions in 2025 and 2026<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after giving evidence, Ms Coles said NHS trusts were more concerned about reputational damage than learning lessons.<\/p>\n“This goes to the heart of what I was talking about [in the inquiry]… the fact that trusts are more concerned with protecting their reputations than acknowledging the failings in their systems and processes and trying to do something meaningful about it,” she said.<\/p>\nMs Coles added that she was also angry and frustrated at a lack of political will from successive governments “to ensure the change that is needed\u2026 to try and stop the appalling culture of defensiveness that we see from NHS trusts, exemplified by Essex”.<\/p>\n“NHS trusts try and argue with coroners that they’ve already implemented changes and that a report is not necessary,” she said, adding that it undermined potential for local and national learning.<\/p>\n“We need to be able to ensure that we’re not talking about cut-and-paste action plans, but we can demonstrate that action has been taken and that recommendations are implemented.”<\/p>\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “It’s crucial that every person affected by this ordeal has a right to tell their story. <\/p>\n“The inquiry has heard testimonies from many families, and we are confident that the inquiry will provide a valuable channel for them to have their voices heard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBereaved families were praised by Ms Coles for their “incredible strength, courage and determination”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nThe public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\nEvidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\nEPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\nHe said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock\/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3929,4513,231,706,1359,2469,1031,858,6413],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-coroner","tag-essex","tag-health","tag-hears","tag-inquiry","tag-mental","tag-reports","tag-stop","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"\nInquiry hears Essex mental health trusts 'try to stop' coroner reports - 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Health trusts have repeatedly tried to prevent coroners from issuing Prevention of Future Death reports in order to protect their reputations, an inquiry has heard.<\/p>\n
Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, told the BBC the “reprehensible” behaviour was a pattern “played out across the country” but was “exemplified” in Essex.<\/p>\n
She gave evidence at the Lampard Inquiry, which is looking into the deaths of more than 2,000 people being treated by NHS mental health services in Essex between 2000 and 2023.<\/p>\n
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has apologised to those affected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In her evidence to the inquiry, Ms Coles said the “lack of candour” on the part of mental health trusts in Essex was the reason a statutory public inquiry needed to be held.<\/p>\n
“It’s difficult to say how traumatising that is for families when they sit in at an inquest\u2026 and then see legal representatives try and effectively stop a coroner from making a Prevention of Future Deaths report, which is ultimately about trying to safeguard lives in the future – and I find that reprehensible,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We are talking here about trying to protect lives and also remember those who’ve died where those deaths were preventable.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nStuart Woodward\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Lampard Inquiry is hearing evidence at Arundel House in London across several sessions in 2025 and 2026<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after giving evidence, Ms Coles said NHS trusts were more concerned about reputational damage than learning lessons.<\/p>\n“This goes to the heart of what I was talking about [in the inquiry]… the fact that trusts are more concerned with protecting their reputations than acknowledging the failings in their systems and processes and trying to do something meaningful about it,” she said.<\/p>\nMs Coles added that she was also angry and frustrated at a lack of political will from successive governments “to ensure the change that is needed\u2026 to try and stop the appalling culture of defensiveness that we see from NHS trusts, exemplified by Essex”.<\/p>\n“NHS trusts try and argue with coroners that they’ve already implemented changes and that a report is not necessary,” she said, adding that it undermined potential for local and national learning.<\/p>\n“We need to be able to ensure that we’re not talking about cut-and-paste action plans, but we can demonstrate that action has been taken and that recommendations are implemented.”<\/p>\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “It’s crucial that every person affected by this ordeal has a right to tell their story. <\/p>\n“The inquiry has heard testimonies from many families, and we are confident that the inquiry will provide a valuable channel for them to have their voices heard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBereaved families were praised by Ms Coles for their “incredible strength, courage and determination”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nThe public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\nEvidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\nEPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\nHe said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock\/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3929,4513,231,706,1359,2469,1031,858,6413],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-coroner","tag-essex","tag-health","tag-hears","tag-inquiry","tag-mental","tag-reports","tag-stop","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"\nInquiry hears Essex mental health trusts 'try to stop' coroner reports - 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The Lampard Inquiry is hearing evidence at Arundel House in London across several sessions in 2025 and 2026<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after giving evidence, Ms Coles said NHS trusts were more concerned about reputational damage than learning lessons.<\/p>\n“This goes to the heart of what I was talking about [in the inquiry]… the fact that trusts are more concerned with protecting their reputations than acknowledging the failings in their systems and processes and trying to do something meaningful about it,” she said.<\/p>\nMs Coles added that she was also angry and frustrated at a lack of political will from successive governments “to ensure the change that is needed\u2026 to try and stop the appalling culture of defensiveness that we see from NHS trusts, exemplified by Essex”.<\/p>\n“NHS trusts try and argue with coroners that they’ve already implemented changes and that a report is not necessary,” she said, adding that it undermined potential for local and national learning.<\/p>\n“We need to be able to ensure that we’re not talking about cut-and-paste action plans, but we can demonstrate that action has been taken and that recommendations are implemented.”<\/p>\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “It’s crucial that every person affected by this ordeal has a right to tell their story. <\/p>\n“The inquiry has heard testimonies from many families, and we are confident that the inquiry will provide a valuable channel for them to have their voices heard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBereaved families were praised by Ms Coles for their “incredible strength, courage and determination”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nThe public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\nEvidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\nEPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\nHe said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock\/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3929,4513,231,706,1359,2469,1031,858,6413],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-coroner","tag-essex","tag-health","tag-hears","tag-inquiry","tag-mental","tag-reports","tag-stop","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"\nInquiry hears Essex mental health trusts 'try to stop' coroner reports - 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Speaking to the BBC after giving evidence, Ms Coles said NHS trusts were more concerned about reputational damage than learning lessons.<\/p>\n
“This goes to the heart of what I was talking about [in the inquiry]… the fact that trusts are more concerned with protecting their reputations than acknowledging the failings in their systems and processes and trying to do something meaningful about it,” she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Coles added that she was also angry and frustrated at a lack of political will from successive governments “to ensure the change that is needed\u2026 to try and stop the appalling culture of defensiveness that we see from NHS trusts, exemplified by Essex”.<\/p>\n
“NHS trusts try and argue with coroners that they’ve already implemented changes and that a report is not necessary,” she said, adding that it undermined potential for local and national learning.<\/p>\n
“We need to be able to ensure that we’re not talking about cut-and-paste action plans, but we can demonstrate that action has been taken and that recommendations are implemented.”<\/p>\n
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “It’s crucial that every person affected by this ordeal has a right to tell their story. <\/p>\n
“The inquiry has heard testimonies from many families, and we are confident that the inquiry will provide a valuable channel for them to have their voices heard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBereaved families were praised by Ms Coles for their “incredible strength, courage and determination”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nThe public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\nEvidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\nEPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\nHe said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock\/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3929,4513,231,706,1359,2469,1031,858,6413],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-coroner","tag-essex","tag-health","tag-hears","tag-inquiry","tag-mental","tag-reports","tag-stop","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"\nInquiry hears Essex mental health trusts 'try to stop' coroner reports - 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Bereaved families were praised by Ms Coles for their “incredible strength, courage and determination”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nThe public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\nEvidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\nEPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\nHe said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock\/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3929,4513,231,706,1359,2469,1031,858,6413],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-coroner","tag-essex","tag-health","tag-hears","tag-inquiry","tag-mental","tag-reports","tag-stop","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"\nInquiry hears Essex mental health trusts 'try to stop' coroner reports - 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The public inquiry is England’s first into mental health deaths, with evidence being heard in London after sessions in September and November.<\/p>\n
Evidence will continue to be heard throughout 2025 and 2026, with Baroness Lampard’s report due to be issued in 2027.<\/p>\n
EPUT chief executive Paul Scott has apologised for deaths under his trust’s care.<\/p>\n
He said: “As the inquiry progresses, there will be many accounts of people who were much loved and missed over the past 24 years and I want to say how sorry I am for their loss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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