Nottingham attacks NHS trust faces manslaughter probe
The Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is under investigation for corporate manslaughter regarding the care of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in 2023. The investigation follows concerns about the trust's failure to manage his schizophrenia treatment.
Why it matters
The case raises serious questions about mental health service accountability and the systemic failures that can lead to tragic public safety outcomes.
Image source, Supplied Image caption, Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocane on the morning of 13 June 2023
The NHS trust that treated Nottingham attacks killer Valdo Calocane is being investigated for corporate manslaughter.
Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before he fatally attacked Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June 2023, was previously sectioned by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
A public inquiry, which finished hearing evidence in May, was told he had been discharged in 2022 because he failed to turn up for appointments and the team had "lost" him .
The investigation into the trust is being carried out by Northumbria Police.
Nottinghamshire Police has been criticised over its history of interactions with Calocane and its handling of the response and investigation into the attacks.
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