NHS trust 'too late' to learn from incidents before Nottingham attacks

An NHS trust missed opportunities to properly address a "fatal incident" by a patient weeks before discharging triple killer Valdo Calocane, a public inquiry has heard. Calocane, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020, went on to kill Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates, and seriously injure three others on 13 June 2023. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was aware of previous incidents involving other patients and former patients, including a homicide in August 2022. Former chairman of the trust's board, Paul Devlin, accepted lessons were not learned until "far too late" - and steps could have been taken earlier to help avoid the Nottingham attacks. Calocane was under the care of the trust from May 2020 to September 2022, when he was discharged back to his GP due to a lack of engagement. He was sectioned four times within that period and had a history of violence and aggression when he was unwell, the Nottingham Inquiry - which is examining the attacks - has heard. Calocane - referred to throughout the inquiry as VC - is currently serving an indefinite hospital order in a high-security facility after pleading guilty to three counts of ma