An NHS trust is investigating allegations that healthcare staff “inappropriately” accessed the medical records of the Nottingham attack victims.
Students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane, 33, in June 2023.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust apologised to their families as a probe was launched into the claims.
Medical director Dr Manjeet Shehmar said: “We are currently investigating concerns that members of staff may have inappropriately accessed the medical records of Ian Coates, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Barnaby Webber.
“We have informed the families and will continue to keep them updated throughout the investigation.
“The families of Ian, Grace and Barnaby have already had to endure much pain and heartache and I’m truly sorry that this will add further to their suffering.
“Through our investigation, we will find out what happened and will not hesitate to take action as necessary.”
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Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January last year after admitting three counts of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder.
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The victims’ families have been critical of the sentence and the missed opportunities to stop the van and knife attacker, saying he had “got away with murder”.
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Sir Keir Starmer last month ordered a judge-led public inquiry which would scrutinise a “number of different agencies”.
It came after NHS England’s report into Calocane’s mental health care in the lead-up to the attacks found treatment available to him “was not always sufficient to meet his needs”.
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The report detailed four hospital admissions between 2020 and 2022 and multiple contacts with community teams before he was discharged to his GP because of a lack of interaction with mental health services.
It also found Calocane was allowed to avoid taking long-lasting antipsychotic medication as he did not like needles, and did not consider himself to have a mental health condition.
