Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the steps taken by Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in response to the report by the Care Quality Commission following its inspection on 25 to 29 January 2016 Specialist community mental health services for children and young people Quality Report, published on 27 May 2016, in particular its finding that not all patient risk assessments and records "contained accurate, up-to-date and complete information".

Following the most recent published inspection of Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust between August and September 2018, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated specialist community mental health services for children and young people as good overall, but found that there was still some room for improvement to ensure that each young person had an up-to-date recorded risk assessment.

The CQC also highlighted in their inspection report that some staff also needed to complete mandatory training on clinical risk assessment. These risks were included in the action plan issued to the trust by the CQC, which highlighted where improvement was required.