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Parents of Nottingham attack victim say medics must breach confidentiality if patient is risk to others

Following the conclusion of evidence in the 14-week public inquiry into the June 2023 Nottingham stabbings that killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates, families of the victims are calling for medical staff to prioritize public safety by breaching patient confidentiality when a patient poses a risk to others, citing catastrophic failures across mental health services, police, and cross-agency information sharing that allowed attacker Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, to commit the killings.