Number of people killed by mental health patients rises to one a week

The number has risen by 92% from 37 killings or suspected killings in 2009 to 71 last year, with 423 people killed in the last seven years

Number of people killed by mental health patients rises to one a week

  BY GEMMA MULLIN Paranoid schizophrenic Matthew Daley was jailed after stabbing pensioner Donald Lock to death   One person a week is killed by a mental health patient exposing the pressure onNHS trusts, an investigation has found. The number has risen by 92% from 37 killings or suspected killings in 2009 to 71 last […]