Dean Ford

“Despite clear guidance from NICE in September 2022 relating to the need for a holistic formulation of risk to self, two NELFT teams involved in Mr [name redacted] crisis care failed to carry out a holistic formulation of the risk he posed to himself.”

“A clinical lead for the mental health and wellbeing team within NELFT, gave evidence at the inquest in December 2024 that Mr [name redacted] risk was deemed to be low because”

“The Trust carries out risk assessment audits for clients who are accepted into the mental health and wellbeing team. There are no audits into the risk assessments for those persons who are referred to the team, but not accepted by the team.”