Deaths in detention of hundreds of people with mental health conditions could have been avoided, new Inquiry finds

Deaths in detention of hundreds of people with mental health conditions could have been avoided, new Inquiry finds Repeated basic errors, a failure to learn lessons and a lack of rigorous systems and procedures have contributed to the non-natural deaths of hundreds of people with mental health conditions detained in psychiatric hospitals, prisons and police cells in England and Wales, according to a major new Inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

See also:

• Preventing Deaths in Detention of Adults with Mental Health Conditions: An Inquiry Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Deaths in detention 'avoidable' BBC News
• Hospital psychiatric detainees more at risk of preventable death The Guardian