Families demanding a public inquiry into dozens of mental health patient deaths in Essex have criticised ministers after they appointed a former NHS England director to lead a new investigation.

The chair of an inquiry into the deaths of mental health patients has renewed a push for a decision over whether to grant it full legal powers. About 2,000 people in the care of Essex's mental health ...

Mental health experts welcomed the Government's decision to commission a rapid review into the safety of mental health patients in England but said it must be followed up by adequate funding to create ...

Melanie Leahy confirmed legal proceedings were under way to prompt the government to act Campaigners are going to court to try to force the government into a decision on the status of a mental health ...

Dr Geraldine Strathdee says the review would find it difficult to meet its terms of reference without statutory powers to compel witnesses The government has been asked to decide whether to hold the ...