Valdo Calocane evaded medication over needle fear, report says
BBC News, Nottingham
Triple Killer Valdo Calocane was not forced to take antipsychotics because he didn’t like injections, and his major comments on NHS care revealed.
The NHS England report identified many failures that showed that Calocane stabbed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley Kumar in June 2023 in Nottingham (Grace O’Malley-Kumar) and Ian Coates.
It illuminates that Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, had no contact with mental health services or GPs about nine months before the killing – and was fired after not interacting with them.
Mr. Webber’s mother Emma described the report as a “horror show.”
In response, the government reiterated its commitment to the investigation of the attacks and continued its scope-building work.
The NHS said it has decided to release the report in full. Meet the family’s wishesand “in view of the level of detail in the public sphere.”
Theemis Consulting’s independent review examines the treatment of Calocane before the killing of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation, as well as the NHS’ interactions with other institutions involved in their care.
The main findings of the report include:
- Calocane’s risks are “not fully understood, managed, documented or communicated”
- No chance to take more confident action on Calocane care
- The voice of the Calocane family “is not effectively considered to support a dynamic assessment of risk”
- Other patients under the care of the same trust, some of whom have been discharged, were also involved in “severe violence” in 15 incidents between 2019 and 2023.
- Calocane had no contact with mental health services or GP for about nine months before the murder
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Mrs. Webber spoke after the release of the new report on Wednesday: “It’s additional trauma, horror, incredible and angry – but all three families expect and expect all of this.”
“It scares us and is heartbroken, but is now more determined to make sure it is resolved – governments and institutions respond and listen properly.”
Ian Coates’ son James said in an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today program that the main focus is to keep working to ensure that mistakes are not repeated.
“I know my dad will be proud that I keep fighting,” he said.
Health Minister Wes Streeting said the government had worked with NHS England to ensure the report was released in full.
“Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he said. “These findings will help support the investigation into this attack, and as this develops, we will shed light on the next step.”
He added that he called for Former Nursing Quality Commission (CQC) report Cases implemented nationwide.
Neighbors escape
The new report also lists Calocane’s connection to mental health services, and he then killed Mr. Webber, O’Malley-Kumar and Mr. Coates and then stole Mr. Coates’ van , and then drove it into three pedestrians – Wayne Birkett, Marcin Gawronski and Marcin Gawronski and Sharon Miller – all were seriously injured.
The former Nottingham student first contacted mental health services on May 24, 2020 (28) when he was arrested for criminal damage to his neighbor’s apartment, the report noted.
Calocane’s behavior is reportedly the work pressure and the mental illness brought about by the upcoming exams, coupled with lack of sleep.
Shortly after returning to his home, the Kalocans tried to enter the neighbor’s apartment again. His neighbor was so scared that she jumped out of the first floor window, injured and needed surgery.
Then, under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act, Calocane was detained for the first time, meaning he could keep it against his will for up to 28 days – known as the “partial”.
Subsequent contact with the service made him labeled as having paranoid schizophrenia.
After about a month of hospital stay in the hospital, Calocane was sent home, with early interventions expected for the community crisis team and psychiatric (EIP) services.
Initially, he was called by the crisis team. The contact was a phone call, not a face-to-face date, “because there were 19 restrictions at the time.”
His family expressed concern because they felt he could “reduce symptoms” by phone.
In July 2020, Calocane was forced into his neighbor’s apartment and was taken to the hospital for the second time.
This time it was Section 3 of the Mental Health Act, and he was again divided, which allowed longer hospital stays for up to six months.
According to medical records Shared by Calocane’s family with BBC PanoramaAlthough Calocane was sick in the hospital, a psychiatrist observed: “There seems no insight or remorse, the danger is that this will happen again, maybe Valdo will eventually kill someone”.
Two weeks after entering the entry, Calocane was discharged from Highbury Hospital.
According to the report, his family “sees this as an opportunity to truly understand (Calocane) diagnosis, risk and master the treatment plan that is consistent with it.
Three months before his third hospitalization in August 2021, Calocane’s family once again reported concerns about his mental health.
“Don’t like needles”
At the end of August, his nursing coordinator visited him at home with colleagues and noted that he no longer took medication and had no intention of continuing treatment.
A month later, the report said he “severely attacked” police officers participating in the Mental Health Act assessment.
In many cases, his nursing coordinator recommends the use of warehouse medications – which will be released slowly over time, meaning patients need to take less medication.
However, the hospitalized team tried to “treat him with minimal restrictions” and accepted the reason he didn’t want to take injectable warehouse drugs, “including that he didn’t like needles.”
After multiple appointments, in January 2022, officials intend to release Calocane from the EIP service due to a lack of engagement.
But the next day, EIP learned that Calocane captured two roommates in their apartment, which led to the call of police.
He was evaluated under the Mental Health Act but was not detained.
Calocane was admitted to the hospital for nearly a month at the end of January 2022 – his fourth hospital admission.
After discharge, it was pointed out that Calocane’s care providers should not visit him at home alone because of his “violence and aggression history.”
Calocane then missed some dates to collect his medications in the coming months, while the new nursing coordinator tried to contact him multiple times.
After these failed attempts, it was decided to release Calocane from the EIP service to his GP in September 2022.
“Due to the pressure of the team, when he was disengaged from service, there was no doubt that the opportunity to try to contact (calocane) was limited,” the report said.
“Due to multiple factors including workload, emission systems are not working as expected,” the report said.
“Watershed”
It added that from this time to the killing about nine months, there was no contact between Calocane and the Mental Health Service or his GP.
Dr Jessica Sokolov, regional medical director for NHS England (Midlands), said it was “an obvious system was wrong” and apologized to the victims on behalf of the NHS and the organizations involved.
Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s National Mental Health Director, said the organization has asked each Mental Health Trust to review the report’s results.
Marjorie Wallace, CEO of mental health charity Sane, said the reviewed publication “should act as a watershed to reveal the truth and deliver on the needs of families of homicide victims of people with mental illness or disorder.”
In a statement, Calocane’s family said they were “very sorry” for “this horrible tragedy.”
They said: “The report confirms what we and many others know for a while: the mental health care system is in crisis and requires immediate intervention, and we think it must come from the government. Not enough to say that the NHS is not enough to fail; we must be honest Recognize that the NHS has become a failure and cannot be resolved on its own.”
Ifti Majid, CEO of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation, added: “We have no reservations about the opportunities we missed in our care in Valdo Calocane and have accepted the full report from Theemis, including its findings and recommendations.
“We are making clear progress through a trust program that has already provided key improvements in areas such as risk assessment and discharge processes.”