London Legal Walk
Thank you so much to everyone who supported us on the London Legal Walk – so far we’ve managed to raise over £2000 to support bereaved families.
Author: Julian
Sally Hodkin Memorial Match 2017
A massive thank you to the several hundred people who braved the weather on Bank Holiday Monday to come and support us at the Sally Hodkin Memorial Match at Welling United. Once again we are hugely indebted to the Hodkin Read More …
Save the date – May 1 2017!
We’re really pleased to announce this year’s Sally Hodkin Memorial Football Match Bank Holiday Monday – May 1 2017 Welling United Football Ground Park View Road Welling DA16 1SY Please come and support us and have a great day out! Read More …
Matters of Particular Concern
This year marks 25 years since Jonathan Zito was killed in London by mentally ill Christopher Clunis. The subsequent inquiry into the case was influential and marked the start of the current system of independent investigations of homicides by patients with mental Read More …
Christmas Raffle Results
Thanks very much to everyone who supported our annual Christmas raffle and especially to Len Hodkin for organizing it so successfully. The results are now in and we are very pleased to announce the winners: First prize of £100 Paige Read More …
Alex Robinson Serious Case Review – Family Statement
Today Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board are publishing a Serious Case Review into the case of Alex Robinson who was killed by his mentally disordered grandfather in Lincoln in December 2014. We have been supporting the family and they have issued Read More …
CQC Deaths Review
The Care Quality Commission’s deaths review out today makes for shocking, depressing, and, unfortunately for many families bereaved by mental health homicides, all too familiar reading. For our families’ experience exactly mirrors many of the findings of the CQC review. Read More …
Do they count?
Some victims of homicides by people with serious mental illness do not meet the inclusion criteria for mental health homicide statistics Following today’s article in the Mail on Sunday it’s probably worth reiterating what is and isn’t included in the Read More …
Safe Spaces – at the expense of victims?
The Department of Health is concerned that health service workers can suffer discrimination and bullying by NHS managers if they respond openly and frankly to investigations into serious incidents (like patient homicides). So they are consulting about creating a ‘Safe Read More …
Moving the Goalposts?
How do you count victims of mental health homicides? In 2013, the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by people with Mental Illness (NCISH) for the first time published figures about the number of victims of mental health homicides Read More …