HC Deb 12 April 1994 vol 241 c77W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 16 March,Official Report, column 727, if she will increase the membership of the inquiry panel set up by the North West London mental health trust to investigate the care and treatment of Michael Buchanan, convicted of manslaughter after discharge from Shenley psychiatric hospital, to include two members of the public to ensure that it is as independent and objective as possible, as recommended in the Ritchie report.

Mr. Bowis

The panel of inquiry set up by the North West London mental health trust is an independent inquiry and not an internal one of the type referred to in the Ritchie report.