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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

First report 28 May 2025•Latest report 28 May 2025

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Local government · English unitary authority. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports: 1
Published responses: 200%
Concerns addressed: 3
Stated actions: 13

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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200%published responses found

13stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

28 May2025
Teesside and Hartlepool
Concerns raised2
1. Failure to provide adequate safeguarding for intoxicated people before mental health assessment
2. Insufficient resources for safeguarding people with mental health illnesses whilst intoxicated
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 2
1. Action
  Recirculate the Section 136 policy to relevant Adult Social Care staff and raise awareness of concerns identified through the inquest.
  Stated planned
2. Action
  Bring TEWV’s Section 136 policy to the Mental Health Legislation Operational Group to consider the need for further Cleveland Police education and awareness.
  Stated planned
Respondent positions 2
1. Position
  Police officers, rather than expanded services, should safeguard qualifying people by using Section 136 detention and taking them to the assessment suite.
  Redirects responsibility
1. Position
  The designated assessment suite is considered an effective existing service when police use it for intoxicated people presenting with mental health concerns.
  Existing arrangements considered sufficient
AI-generated summary

Mr Dean Bradley · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Mr Dean Bradley was found deceased by hanging in his hostel flat on 15 October 2021, after earlier suicidal behaviour and expressions of paranoid and persecutory beliefs while apparently under the influence of drugs. Concerns included whether current resources adequately safeguard people with mental health concerns while intoxicated, and failures to contact mental health services and to relay the details of his crisis to hostel staff.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to provide adequate safeguarding for intoxicated people before mental health assessment
Wider context from the report
“2) I heard evidence that a person who was suicidal, suffering with mental health concerns and was intoxicated could not be adequately safeguarded until he was sufficiently sober to allow a mental health assessment. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.
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Insufficient resources for safeguarding people with mental health illnesses whilst intoxicated
Wider context from the report
“1) Current resources for safeguarding those with mental health illnesses whilst intoxicated may be placing people at risk. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Recirculate the Section 136 policy to relevant Adult Social Care staff and raise awareness of concerns identified through the inquest.

Verbatim wording from the response
“I will also recirculate the Section 136 Policy to relevant staff within Adult Social Care in Stockton Borough Council and raise awareness of the concerns identified through Mr Bradley’s inquest.”

Source location
Response from Stockton-on-Tees Council
Page 2 · response
Published 30 May 2025
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Bring TEWV’s Section 136 policy to the Mental Health Legislation Operational Group to consider the need for further Cleveland Police education and awareness.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Representatives from Stockton Borough Council sit on a Mental Health Legislation Operational Group. It is proposed that TEWV’s policy on Section 136 is brought to this group to consider whether there is a need for further education and awareness within Cleveland Police regarding the use of Section 136 powers to safeguard an individual requiring mental health assessment.”

Source location
Response from Stockton-on-Tees Council
Page 2 · response
Published 30 May 2025
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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Police officers, rather than expanded services, should safeguard qualifying people by using Section 136 detention and taking them to the assessment suite.

Verbatim wording from the response
“It is noted that the evidence heard during the Inquest was that an intoxicated person could not be adequately safeguarded until they were sufficiently sober to allow a mental health assessment leading to the conclusion of there being a gap in services available. In our view, the most appropriate approach to dealing with Mr Bradley at his time of crisis would have been for the Police Officers to detain him under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act and take him to a place of safety. Section 136 of the Mental Health Act is a critical legal framework that enables Police Officers to act in situations where individuals may be at risk due to mental health issues. This power allows the detention of individuals appearing to have a mental disorder who are in a public place.”

Source location
Response from Stockton-on-Tees Council
Page 1 · response
Published 30 May 2025
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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
The designated assessment suite is considered an effective existing service when police use it for intoxicated people presenting with mental health concerns.

Verbatim wording from the response
“The assessment suite is in Roseberry Park Hospital, Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) run this hospital. This is the designated place of safety for those under the influence of drugs or alcohol and presenting with mental health concerns. Under the S136 power, the individual can be held for up to 24 hours, extendable by an additional 12 hours if necessary for assessment. During this time, mental health professionals assess an individual to determine their needs and whether further treatment is required. The region does not have ‘crisis cafes’ or ‘Calming Centres,’ but the assessment suite is deemed to be a service that works well when used by the Police.”

Source location
Response from Stockton-on-Tees Council
Page 2 · response
Published 30 May 2025
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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised2

Failure to provide adequate safeguarding for intoxicated people before mental health assessment

Insufficient resources for safeguarding people with mental health illnesses whilst intoxicated

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

Actions described in response 2

Respondent positions 2