By Dr Minh Alexander, retired consultant psychiatrist 25 February 2025
In the wake of publication by NHS England of its independent investigation into the three killings and three attempted murders by the mental health patient Valdo Calocane, I transferred data on NHS England’s published independent homicide investigations onto a spreadsheet to support public access.
I also examined NHS England’s approach to commissioning independent investigations on mental health homicides, and other matters such as information on the contractors whom NHSE hires to undertake these investigations.
The resultant report, including the spreadsheet of all mental health homicide independent investigations published by NHS England, can be downloaded here:
NHS England’s handling of independent investigations on mental health homicides
Huge thanks to the charity Hundred Families for their comprehensive database on mental health homicides and very helpful reports. I could not have done this work without the charity’s meticulous documentation and tenacious pursuit of the truth behind mental health homicides.
On a personal note, warm thanks to all well wishers. Although I have done some work on mental health homicides recently, personal circumstances are still a constraint and I am sorry not to be able to pick up much at present. Best wishes to all.
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(1) This is data on coroners’ Prevention of Future Deaths reports about Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which was the trust responsible for Valdo Calocane’s care:
(2) I pointed out in the above report on NHS England’s handling of the investigation of mental health homicides that the NHS fails to independently investigate all mental health homicides which meet the criteria for investigation.
Part of the evidence for this comes from 2008 data by the old National Confidential Inquiry into Suicides and Homicides by People with Mental Illness (now the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicides and Safety in Mental Health since funding for studying homicides was cut).
I asked the National Confidential Inquiry if it ever repeated its analysis on the proportion of eligible homicides which were investigated, and it replied that it had not. These are the documents arising from that FOI:
Alexander's Excavations 