Landmark inquiry launched into deaths of mental health patients in Essex

A public inquiry has opened, tasked with looking into the deaths of almost 2,000 mental health patients in Essex over more than 20 years. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Its chair, Baroness Kate Lampard, said the true number of lives lost may never be known, and warned of alleged failings on a "deeply shocking" scale. It's the first statutory inquiry of its kind looking at the treatment of mental health inpatients, and could have a nationwide impact. ----------------------- Follow us: Facebook -   / channel4news   Twitter -   / channel4news   TikTok -   / c4news   Instagram -   / channel4news