Inquiry into trusts’ care failures probes 1,500 deaths

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Source: Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry

The first ever public inquiry to cover mental health is now probing nearly 1,500 fatalities linked to services in a single county, the senior psychiatrist leading it has revealed, saying it will ‘hold systems’ feet to the fire’ over care failures.

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