Nottingham attack preventable if NHS had ‘done its job’, health secretary says

Valdo Calocane showed ‘little understanding or acceptance of his condition’. Photograph: Nottinghamshire Police/PA

The health secretary said “three innocent people might still be alive” if the NHS had “done its job” in treating Valdo Calocane in the years running up to the Nottingham attacks.

Wes Streeting said the deaths of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates were “preventable if the NHS had been there when it should have been”.