Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve patient safety within mental health hospitals following the events at Edenfield Centre.

The Department is conducting a rapid review, chaired by Dr Geraldine Strathdee, into patient safety in mental health inpatient services, which is anticipated to last for approximately two to three months. The review will focus on what data and evidence is currently available to the healthcare system, including information provided by patients and families, and how this data and evidence can be used more effectively to identify patient safety risks and failures in care.

NHS England has also established a three-year quality improvement programme which seeks to tackle the root causes of unsafe, poor-quality inpatient care in mental health, learning disability and autism settings. We will continue to work closely with colleagues in NHS England to make sure the rapid review is aligned with and complementary to this programme.