Families urge NHS to publish full report into Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Families of the victims of Nottingham knife killer Valdo Calocane have urged NHS England to rethink a decision not to publish a report into the care he received in full. open image in gallery Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were killed by Calocane in June 2023 A summary of the independent mental health homicide report is due to be made publicly available later this week, but the full version will be kept confidential due to “data protection legislation relating to patient information”. Speaking on behalf of the families ahead of the NHS England report's publication, adviser Radd Seiger said: “The families have already reached out to NHSE to strongly urge them to publish the findings in full. NHSE have thus far refused.” An NHS England spokesperson said: “Independent mental health homicide reports are commissioned by NHS England and published in line with the requirements of confidentiality and data protection legislation relating to patient information.” open image in gallery Relatives of Valdo Calocane’s victims said they had been ‘let down’ after the Nottingham killer was sentenced to a hospital order for manslaughter In August, a damning report by the Care Quality Commission into the care previously received by Calocane found the trust’s mental health unit “minimised or omitted” key details of the serious risk he posed to others.