Catalogue description Committee of Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit, Ashworth Special Hospital (Fallon Inquiry): Records

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Title: Committee of Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit, Ashworth Special Hospital (Fallon Inquiry): Records
Description:

This series contains the papers of the Fallon Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit at Ashworth Special Hospital. These include a set of transcripts of proceedings, together with submissions by witnesses.

Date: 1975-2000
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: FIK file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Health, 1988-

Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
Physical description: 118 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2003-2014 Department of Health
Selection and destruction information: Apart from most of the transcripts and the published reports, the majority of the records contain personally sensitive medical details which are closed for the anticipated lifetime of the individuals concerned. Records relating to the administrative support to the inquiry were not selected.
Administrative / biographical background:

Appointed by the Secretary of State for Health in Feb 1997 to investigate the functioning of the Personality Disorder Unit (PDU) at Ashworth Special Hospital, the inquiry was chaired by His Honour Peter Fallon QC, former Senior Circuit Judge and Recorder of Bristol. It investigated allegations made by a former patient, Steven Daggett, about the misuse of drugs and alcohol, financial irregularities, possible paedophile activity and the availability of pornographic material on the Unit. In the light of their investigations, the inquiry was also asked to review the following: policies, clinical care and procedures on the Unit; security arrangements; management arrangements for assuring effective clinical care and appropriate security for patients; and arrangements for visiting on the Unit. The report of the inquiry was presented to Parliament (Cm 4194-II), in January 1999.

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