The chair of the inquiry in Essex wants legal powers to compel named staff to give evidence.
No decision has yet been forthcoming on her request to place the inquiry on a full statutory footing.In her letter, Dr Strathdee also warned of fresh safety issues at the current provider, Essex Partnership University Trust ."Due to the nature of these issues, I am confident that these cannot be properly investigated by the Inquiry without statutory powers."
An independent review into 1,500 deaths at the Essex Partnership University Trust over a 21-year period was launched in 2020, with the inquiry set up in January 2021.The Trust's chief executive Paul Scott has disputed the figure of 2,000 deaths.Melanie Leahy said the delay in deciding whether the inquiry should be upgraded was unacceptable
"It has taken nearly 11 years of painful and relentless campaigning for answers after the tragically preventable loss of my son Matthew Leahy whilst in a place of so-called safety," she told the BBC.Ms Leahy added: "Professor Strathdee has made it undeniably clear that she agrees that the present limited inquiry be converted to statutory status so that she can finally compel witnesses to speak and put patients and families at its centre".
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