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The Kerr/Haslam Inquiry: Full report
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Document type:Command Paper
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:18 July 2005
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Primary audience:Public
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Gateway reference:2005
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Series number:Cm 6640
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Copyright holder:Crown
The report on the Independent Inquiry into how NHS services in Yorkshire dealt with concerns raised about two doctors - Dr William Kerr and Mr Michael Haslam. The inquiry focuses on the way in which the NHS in Yorkshire responded to concerns raised by patients against Dr Kerr ...A 'trial of the facts' in December 2000 concluded that Dr Kerr, a psychiatrist practicing in Yorkshire in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980's, had indecently assaulted a highly vulnerable psychiatric patient. The inquiry also included an examination of the responses into allegations made against Mr Haslam, another consultant psychiatrist working in Yorkshire.
This report addresses three central questions raised during the Inquiry:
- How could it be that the voices of the patients and former patients of William Kerr and Michael Haslam were not heard?
- Why were so many opportunities to respond and investigate missed?
- How could it happen that abuse of patients, evidenced by the convictions of William Kerr and Michael Haslam, went undetected for so long?
In order to attempt explanation, the Inquiry also sought to examine the events that occurred in the hospitals, clinics and GP surgeries of North Yorkshire, primarily during the 1970s and 1980s.
The Full Report on the Kerr/Haslam Inquiry is available from The Stationery Office, £97.50.
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