The core objectives of this policy are:
• To prioritise and enable consistently effective, meaningful engagement and compassionate support between families, carers and staff that is open and transparent to allow them to raise questions about the care provided to their loved one.
• To help to identify what can be improved to ultimately reduce the inequality in the life expectancy of people with a serious mental illness/learning disability.
• To standardise approaches to reviewing deaths across the northern cohort of mental health trusts in order to share information and key learning.
• To enhance learning at a personal, team and organisational level.
