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Valdo Calocane: report on care failings
Health services and the police must work together in cases of violence by people with mental disorders
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2050 (Published 24 September 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q2050
- Marilia Calcia, consultant psychiatrist and doctoral researcher
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Marilia.calcia{at}nhs.net
The killings by Valdo Calocane have shaken our society. Unfortunately, the reviews by Nottinghamshire Police and the Care Quality Commission fail to tackle the root causes of the rare, but devastating, phenomenon of homicide by people with severe mental illness and missed the opportunity to analyse the multi-agency response to this problem.1 …
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