Inquiries Zahid Mubarek Inquiry ReportedAwaiting responseHistoric
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74: Mental health assessments to address risk

From Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II), published 29 June 2006.

Recommendation

When prisoners are referred for a mental health assessment, the assessment should address the risk which they pose to staff and other inmates.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 528
Reference: Part 5, Chapter 61: Mentally disordered prisoners; recommendation follows paragraph 61.13

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Zahid Mubarek Inquiry
Report Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II) 29 Jun 2006
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Themes and tags

Care risk assessment failures Prison healthcare best practice Poor mental health suicide risk assessment
Recommendation made 20.3 years ago