Southport Inquiry: Search the Evidence

The South Wednesday, 22 October 2025 (10.00 am) DR TINA IRANI (affirmed) Questioned by MR MOSS SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: Thank you very much. Please, have a seat. Yes, Mr Moss. MR MOSS: Thank you, sir. Just start by giving us your full name, if you would, please? A. It's Tina Irani. Q. Thank you. If we could have on screen, please, DRI000001. T…

…Regional Medical Director for NHS England North West region.869 Expert evidence commissioned by the Inquiry (Dr Tina Irani) 30. I instructed Dr Tina Irani, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist to provide independent expert evidence.870 Dr Irani has extensive experience of both CAMHS and FCAMHS services, as well as adolescent inpati…

…al accreditation in child and adolescent psychiatry and in forensic psychiatry from February 2012? A. Yes. Q. Dr Irani, I appreciate that it is immediately something that is second nature to you but, for those who are not familiar, can you just give an explanation of the difference between forensic psychiatry and general psychiatry? time,…

…to re-refer to make an additional referral. The step down to Early Support, did you have a view 238 I N D E X DR TINA IRANI (affirmed) .......................... 1 Questioned by MR MOSS .......................... 1 Questioned by MR BOWEN ........................ 96 Questioned by THE CHAIR ....................... 101 PAUL TURNER (affirmed)…

…xperience. So could we just look at page 36, please. Could we have the dates at the top of the page enlarged. Dr Irani, would you forgive me if I don't ask you about your earlier years in practice up to the specialist registrar stage, but the first of your locum consultant roles you have given there from 1 February 2012. Could you just br…

…d not emerge however, was a coherent strategy beyond the immediate responses and then the Referral Order. 81. Dr Tina Irani identified the lack of a lead agency as a key problem44. In answer to a question from the Chair, DC Paula Murphy, Merseyside Police investigating officer after the hockey stick assault, and representative at the mult…

…s. SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: It has not, Mr Bowen. Thank you very much. Questioned by THE CHAIR SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: Dr Irani, just one thing from me. Mr Moss has asked you really whether there may be need for some kind of legislative intervention so as to give 101 understanding what is really needed? A. Absolutely. SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: Dr Irani,…

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e unit there and clinical lead for low secure, medium secure and generic adolescent inpatient services. The trust has now merged and is Hampshire, Q. Thank you. An elected member, I think, unit there and clinical lead for low secure, medium secure and generic adolescent inpatient services. The trust has now merged and is Hampshire, Q. Tha…

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, and then I was responsible as clinical lead in developing the community Forensic CAMHS services for the West Midlands. Q. Thank you. Then I think, within that same period, (1) Pages 1 - 4 The South I think you moved up in responsibility, is that right, and became clinical lead? A. Yes. So it was within that period I became clinical lead…

…5 The Acorns School Nick Hunt Deputy Director, Head of 14 October 2025 Firearms and Weapons Unit, Home Office Dr Tina Irani Consultant in Child and 22 October 2025 Adolescent Forensic Psychology Anna Jameson Social Worker, 27 October 2025 Lancashire County Council (between 2015 and 2020) Benjamin Jones Managing Director, 1 October 2025 Me…

rvices as well as community Forensic CAMHS services; is that right? A. Yes. Q. The extent of any dealings that you've had with any hport Inquiry 22 October 2025 Isle of Wight NHS Foundati rvices as well as community Forensic CAMHS services; is that right? A. Yes. Q. The extent of any dealings that you've had with any hport Inquiry 22 Octo…

…different individuals at different stages, applying different frameworks and with varying degrees of rigour. Dr Tina Irani, the expert forensic child psychiatrist instructed by the Inquiry, made clear that what is required is a structured risk assessment tool to help with thinking about risk over time: neither purely actuarial nor ‘gut f…

…ith page 31, please. Could we have the bottom three paragraphs highlighted, please. In the previous sections, Dr Irani, you have gone through recommendations and points of learning from Alder Hey's own report and you endorse those, so I'm not going to go through them. But you say that: involved and share their risk assessment with the wid…