Mb was a patient in Claybury Hospital , a hospital whose closure was in progress in 1994 , a process initiated by an initial Grant from the King's Fund and from the Department of Health , who then funded the team ( the Taps Programme ) which subsequently monitored , analysed and coordinated the discharge and transfer of the resident population from Claybury hospital , into alternative placements 'in the community' , in London .
There may well have been some disruption of hospital life for both patients and staff . Many of the latter would have been involved in the pioneering movement of the long-stay patients into the community , and in preparing the new admission Units in that community .
English was his fifth language ; french his best european tongue .
It is not clear that the Social worker report which would have accompanied or followed the adnmission proces , was ever taken into account , in any anticipation of a discharge, or to form the basis of any attempt to be made to contact and involve the significant people in his 'cocoon ' in any appreciation of his circumstances .
The Report is critical of the lack of togetherness across the two wards which looked after Mb as an in-patient .
It led to his premature escape and to an absence from proper ( and obligatory SEc117 MHAct )aftercare arrangements . The Report reminds those in such considerations that the Care Programme Approach does not cease when someone absconds . On the contrary the keyworker has to ensure that all the consequences are reviewed at a needs assessment meeting .
In this case , the companions , and the ex-wife , might have been appropriately visited , and the police should have been informed.
A previous tragedy had not made follow-up contacts under similar misunderstandings .
Blom-Cooper; Mitchell