HC Deb 02 February 2001 vol 362 cc330-1W
Mr. Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library the reports by the Community Healthcare Service (North Derbyshire) NHS Trust into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Mrs. Nicola Stevenson and Mr. Richard Sampson. [148584]

Mr. Hutton

I am aware of the tragic deaths of Mrs. Stevenson and Mr. Sampson and offer my sincere condolences to their families.

The Community Healthcare Service (North Derbyshire) National Health Service Trust has undertaken a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Mrs. Stevenson and Mr. Sampson. The resulting reports contain clinical and personal details and it would not be appropriate for them to be made public. The investigations have highlighted a number of concerns and, as a result, the trust has asked the North Derbyshire health authority to commission an external review into its acute in-patient unit. I would expect the findings of that review to be made public.