Inquiry chair praises courage of victims' families

The chair of an inquiry into more than 2,000 mental health-related deaths in Essex has praised the "courage and candour" of victims’ families.

The Lampard Inquiry is investigating the deaths of people in the care of mental health services in Essex between 2000 and 2023.

The inquiry, which has been sitting for the last three weeks, has now adjourned until November.

Baroness Lampard said that statements from bereaved families “had made a lasting impression” on her.

More than 40 people have given commemorative statements so far, telling the inquiry about their loved ones and what kind of people they were before they died.

Addressing the inquiry on its final day before an adjournment, Baroness Lampard said the opening statements had been “thought-provoking”.

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Source: BBC News, 25 September 2024