Parminder Sanghera
12 Aug 2024 · Coroner Zafar Siddique · Black Country
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of full mental health act assessment before release
“During the course of the inquest, I heard evidence Mr [name redacted] was deemed to be suffering from behavioural issues rather than a mental health crisis and no full Mental Health Act assessment took place either at New Cross Hospital or whilst in custody at Oldbury Police station.”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“No approved Mental Health practitioner was available to make the Mental Health Act assessment of Mr [name redacted] on 14/11/18. I was told this was an ongoing problem and was delaying assessments.”
This report
“During the course of the inquest, I heard evidence Mr [name redacted] was deemed to be suffering from behavioural issues rather than a mental health crisis and no full Mental Health Act assessment took place either at New Cross Hospital or whilst in custody at Oldbury Police station.”
Responses
2024-0516-Response-from-West-Midlands-Police.pdf ↗· West Midlands Police
2024-0516-Response-from-Wolverhampton-NHS-Trust.pdf ↗· West Midlands Police