{"id":946642,"date":"2026-05-08T18:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/946642\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:37:20","slug":"doctor-tells-inquiry-triple-killer-thought-government-was-harassing-him-for-breaking-covid-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/946642\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor tells inquiry triple killer thought government was harassing him for breaking Covid rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Tania Engel, of Cygnet Health Care, is now giving evidence.<\/p>\n

Between 2020 and 2023, the consultant worked at Victoria House in Darlington, where Calocane was a patient in September 2021 on Albert Ward, a psychiatric intensivde care unit (PICU).<\/p>\n

Dr Engel’s role was as a speciality doctor supporting the consultant psychiatrist, Dr Kalina Shoilekova, from whom we heard yesterday.<\/p>\n

She explained that it’s not unusual for Cygnet to encounter barriers when trying to obtain information from NHS trusts, which was also the case after Calocane’s transfer from NHFT.<\/p>\n

She said this was sometimes due to reluctance from the trusts to send information on confidentiality grounds, while other times, getting hold of people proved challenging.<\/p>\n

The inquiry was told there were three rounds involving Calocane during his three-week admission at Victoria House, one of which was attended by Claudia Birtles, Calocane’s NHFT care coordinator.<\/p>\n

The inquiry also heard that the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) at NHFT was struggling to contact Albert Ward.<\/p>\n

Dr Engel said: “It’s a PICU ward and a lot of the time the nursing staff aren’t actually in the nursing station to answer the phone.<\/p>\n

“They are busy dealing with incidents on the ward. They’re dealing with patients, giving medication.”<\/p>\n

We heard that Celeste Calocane also struggled to get in touch with the ward but was being kept up to date by Ms Birtles.<\/p>\n

Cygnet’s policy states that, “where the individual has given their consent, the carer will be kept fully informed about and involved in the individual\u2019s care”.<\/p>\n

It’s recognised by Cygnet that that didn’t happen with Calocane.<\/p>\n

Dr Engel said: “There were so many things happening within a very short space of time that it was probably something that was just overlooked at the time.<\/p>\n

“We were also not aware VC\u2019s [Valdo Calocane’s] mother tried to contact the ward. If staff were aware, we would have made an effort to contact her after hours.”<\/p>\n

The inquiry was told that, despite Calocane’s violence prior to his admission, staff at Cygnet observed no incidents during his admission.<\/p>\n

The proceedings were told that he was accepting treatment “because he has no choice whilst on section [under the Mental Health Act]. He stated if the section ends he would leave hospital and resume his university studies [at the University of Nottingham] and not have contact with mental health services.”<\/p>\n

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