The ongoing Independent Inquiry into Mental Health Services in Essex has been in the national news headlines recently. On 28 July 2022 the Chair of the Inquiry issued an appeal to staff to come forward to share their experiences and insights. Sadly that appeal has not met with success. We share the concern of family members who lost their lives whilst in the inpatient care of our the NHS mental health Trusts in Essex between 2000 and 2020. We have written to the Chair of the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and to local MPs supporting the call for the Inquiry to be put on a statutory public basis so that witnesses can be compelled to testify, these most serious matters can be fully investigated and trust by patients and the public can be restored in our mental health services.
SWF Health & Social Care Group 