Closure of the Terms of Reference consultation
As of today, the public consultation on the Terms of Reference is now closed. We would like to thank all who have contributed to the consultation. The Inquiry’s Chair, Baroness Lampard, will now review the contributions and finalise her recommendations for any amendments to the Terms of Reference. Baroness Lampard intends to send her recommendations […]
Public consultation on the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference
On 1 November 2023, Baroness Lampard launched a public consultation on the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference. This will run for 4 weeks, and close on 28 November 2023. Baroness Lampard released the following press statement, formally launching the Lampard Inquiry and opening a public consultation on its Terms of Reference. You can download a copy […]
Update on the Inquiry’s work and letter from the Chair to the Rt Hon Steve Barclay, Health Secretary
The Inquiry provided an update on 18 April 2023, regarding the Inquiry’s Chair, Dr Geraldine Strathdee, meeting with the Health Secretary, the Rt Hon Steve Barclay and Minister Neil O’Brien. Ahead of this meeting, Dr Strathdee wrote a letter to Mr Barclay setting out her concerns and requesting that the Inquiry is converted to a […]
Update on the Inquiry’s work and letter from the Chair to Paul Scott, CEO of Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT)
Since our update in January, the Inquiry team has been continuing to work on staff engagement. The Inquiry was asked by the Secretary of State to try again to encourage staff witnesses to come forward with evidence – we are now in the process of following through with this. We will be in a position […]
Open letter from Dr Geraldine Strathdee, Chair to the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry
On 12 January 2023, the Chair to the Inquiry published an open letter with an update on the Inquiry’s work: I am writing to update on the progress of the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry. Over the past year I have heard remarkable and sobering evidence from many families who have tragically lost their loved […]
Inquiry Press Release
Independent Inquiry launches consultation with families into Essex mental health deaths26 May 2021: The families of people who died while receiving inpatient mental health treatment at three Essex hospital trusts are being invited to get in touch with the independent inquiry set up to look into the circumstances of their deaths. The families and others affected […]
