[2025] EWHC 2684 (KB)

Mr Graham signed a statement for this action in 2016 having previously made a statement to DLA Piper in 2007.

Mr Graham is a registered mental nurse with many years experience and from 2004-2005 he was the Healthcare Commission's lead inspector for Cawston Park. He stated;

“When I first heard of the police investigation into Cawston Park Hospital I made the assumption that the police would want to interview me as I had been the regulatory body inspector for the hospital's operating licence for ensuring that the hospital met all the required standards as set down by the HCC. It surprised me immensely when I was not approached by the police. Sometime later, after the investigation was over, when I understood the detail of the police investigation, I was further saddened that I had not been approached by the police as I believe that I would have had a lot to offer them at this time.”

Mr Graham then referred to the content of his DLA Piper statement.

Mr Graham explained that Cawston Park was very different in terms of philosophical approach and that he witnessed this approach on his visits to the hospital. He said that staffing was a key feature of the standards of the HCC and he could have furnished the police with his opinion and findings from inspection visits on this subject and that;

“On each and every inspection visit to Cawston Park the staffing levels were scrutinised very carefully with regards to the numbers and the skill mix of staff in relation to the number of patients, taking into account the current approach the hospital implemented.”