Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Insufficient mental health support for PTSD service personnel
The earlier warning
James Day · 7 Feb 2024 · Alison Mutch, Manchester South
“support for service personnel with severe PTSD such as Mr [name redacted] whilst they were still serving and following discharge was patchy, difficult to access”
What was promised
Stated action 1 · response to James Day (7 Feb 2024) · stated timescale: none stated
“I have asked the Head of the Defence Inquests Unit (DIU) to provide you separately with the details of the support Mr [name redacted] did receive.”
judiciary.uk/…/2024-0061-Response-from-Ministry-of-Defence.pdf
What recurred
- 14 Oct 2024 · Paul Chase · Anita Bhardwaj · Closely related · confidence 0.90 (high)
- 31 Jan 2025 · Aeran Taylor · Joseph Turner · Closely related · confidence 0.85 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · James Day · 7 Feb 2024
“support for service personnel with severe PTSD such as Mr [name redacted] whilst they were still serving and following discharge was patchy, difficult to access”
Later · Paul Chase · 14 Oct 2024
“The lack of mental health/alcoholism/addiction support, treatment and therapy provided to veterans whilst they are:”
What happened next
No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.