Capital & Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) is reviewing its mental health services following a spate of killings and attacks involving mental health patients. The life and death of Samuel FischerKEVIN STENT/FAIRFAX NZ Since Sam Fischer died by suspected suicide in Wellington's mental health unit last April, Lyn Copland keeps her son's jumper and shoes close by. On a blackboard in Copland's kitchen, written before his admission to the mental health unit, Fischer details his jobs for the day. Asked why criticisms continue over failure to update risk management plans - a recommendation made again and again in coroner's inquests into previous mental health patient deaths - Fairley says "The provision of mental health services is complex. "In case of emergency, break glass," Samuel Fischer told the psychiatrist interviewing him after he tapped out the windows of Upper Hutt Community Mental Health Centre with a spanner.

Source: Stuff June 17, 2016 18:27 UTC