I don’t think the Tribunal details should be made public. I DO think the Tribunal process itself should be scrutinised Rob Beech opened a topic in June about Judges on Tribunals behaving badly and the impossibility of doing anything about it. I have seen what happens at a Tribunal as well as the confused way they are organised and that the so-called Judge not only conducts the proceedings but has to make notes throughout without any way of checking the accuracy. Why are they called Judges? Surely they are just he Legal Member
of the Panel?
In my opinion, the Tribunal Service itself should record the proceedings, to be made available to check the Written Decisions.
Could I suggest that Mr Hendy gets a copy of “The Falling Shadow - One Patient’s Mental Health Care 1978-1993”. This shows - as do all reports that I have seen about homicides - the person was in obvious need of help for a long time before the homicide. Andrew Robinson did kill someone and is still in Broadmoor. He himself has been trying for many years to have a public tribunal which has been denied…
Could I also suggest that Mr Hendy looks at another journalist’s attempt to highlight the shortcomings of the mental health system - Patrick Cockburn who co-authored “Henry’s Demons” with his son who has a diagnosis of Schizophrenia. This is not a story of homicide but the same shortcomings apply…