GMP were ‘unaware’ of some vital documentation meant to have been completed by mental health unit staff
Charlie Millers was being checked on every five minutes before his death, Greater Manchester Police told his inquest. But that major conclusion is not based on documentary evidence, the force admitted.
After GMP's investigation concluded in January, it was understood there was insufficient evidence for authorities to seek a prosecution for manslaughter by gross negligence. During the hearing, questions were raised by coroner Joanne Kearsley about the police's findings on whether Charlie was being checked on by mental health staff every five minutes, as per his care plan.
On Thursday, the court heard how even after reinvestigating, not only had GMP ‘never seen any of the one-in-five documents’ either, police officers ‘weren’t aware’ that mental health staff on the unit are supposed to fill in the ‘on-in-five’ sheets, which specifically record every five-minute check for patients on that high level of observation.
Giving evidence to court earlier this week, Mr Osemwegie could not confirm whether there was documentation for the five minute observations, but said he had been noting down his ‘one in five’ checks, ‘instead completing the 15 minute document’.
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