Failings in killer Valdo Calocane’s treatment laid bare in new report Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after killing three people in Nottingham in June 2023. The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025
Report on failings in Calocane’s care should be watershed moment, charity warns Marjorie Wallace, boss of mental health charity Sane, said the publication of the review in Valdo Calocane’s care ‘should act as a watershed moment’. Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025
Valdo Calocane possibly spared prison due to incomplete evidence, families say An independent review of the Nottingham triple killer’s care was published on Wednesday. Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025
Families urge NHS to publish full report into Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane A family spokesperson says it is ‘very much in the public interest’ to publish homicide report in full The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025
NHS England urged to reconsider refusal to release full Nottingham killer report A summary of the report into the care received by Valdo Calocane is due to be published later this week. Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025
2024: The year in review The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024. The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2024
Alleged data breaches into Nottingham triple killer case ‘an utter disgrace’ University students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death last summer. Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024
Mother of Nottingham attacks victim brands BBC Panorama episode as ‘shameful’ Emma Webber has criticised the programme which investigated into the mental health background of her son Barnaby’s killer. Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2024
The prestigious school struck by triple tragedy after yacht disaster, stabbing and Nottingham attack School has seen three former or current pupils die in high-profile and tragic circumstances in little more than a year The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2024
Does England’s Mental Health Act need reform in light of CQC review? After report found ‘errors and misjudgments’ in Valdo Calocane case, how can mental health care be improved? The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024
Mental health services are beset by complex and profound problems Letters: Experts respond to the review into Valdo Calocane’s care and shed light on the challenging conditions in which NHS clinicians have to operate The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024
OPINION - The shocking case of Valdo Calocane has shone a terrible light on the NHS's failings If you ask most people how the crisis in the NHS has had an impact on their lives, they will recount stories of a horrifying 12-hour wait in A&E, a cancelled operation or a delayed cancer diagnosis. Politicians know this: it explains the obsessive focus on the waiting list or… Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024
One third of NHS psychosis services used to treat patients like Valdo Calocane are failing standards Health minister Wes Streeting said Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates “might still be alive” today if “the NHS had been there when it should have been” The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024
Nottingham attack victims might still be alive if not for NHS failings, Wes Streeting says Health Secretary reacts to ‘distrressing’ Care Quality Commission review into care of Valdo Calocane before he stabbed three people to death Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2024 The Guardian view on a Nottingham tragedy: mental health services must learn the lessons Editorial: A damning Care Quality Commission review has exposed deeply flawed decision-making in the lead-up to three killings last year
The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2024 Nottingham attack preventable if NHS had ‘done its job’, health secretary says Wes Streeting says victims ‘might still be alive’ if health service had recognised Valdo Calocane’s risk to others
The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2024 Ministers to ‘slow down’ mental health changes after Valdo Calocane report Father of one of Nottingham attack victims says there is a need to ‘step back and see what is safe for the public’
Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024 Grace O'Malley-Kumar: Father of Nottingham attack victim calls for change in law to protect public Damning report lays bare a series of ‘errors, omissions and misjudgments’ in Calocane’s treatment before he killed three people
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024 BBC doesn’t have consent for documentary on Nottingham killings, say victims’ families Victim’s mother said the families were not asked to contribute to the documentary
Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024 Nottingham killings: NHS trust has 'blood on its hands' say families of victims Care Quality Commission (CQC) review into the care of killer Valdo Calocane by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust found risk assessments played down the fact he was refusing to take his medication
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024 ‘Blood on their hands’: Nottingham NHS hospital’s failings in treating triple-killer Calocane revealed A public inquiry has been launched into the failings leading up to Valdo Calocane killings
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024 Revealed: failures at NHS hospital that left Nottingham triple killer free Hospital was warned over ‘systemic failings’ years before patient’s random stabbing spree
The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024 Nottingham attacks: series of errors led to Valdo Calocane being discharged, review finds CQC finds risk he presented to public was ‘not managed well’ before he killed three people in Nottingham last year
The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024 Doctor warned Valdo Calocane could kill, three years before Nottingham stabbings Family share medical records of Calocane’s mental illness with BBC that they say show missed opportunities to prevent attacks
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024 Keir Starmer commits to judge-led inquiry into Nottingham killings Labour leader says families of three people stabbed to death have had ‘horrific experience’, as Barnaby Webber’s mother challenges him on radio phone-in