Kath Grant

Kath Grant works with RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research) a human rights organisation based in Manchester @raparuk

Capita death: Ombudsman exposed problems that Coroner failed to address, family says

Tahir Mehmood, aged 43, died in a commercially-run immigration lockup at Manchester Airport. The Coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes. A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman tells a more troubling story.

By Kath Grant

/ 19 Jan 2015

Coroner finds Capita detainee died of natural causes at Manchester immigration lock-up

Tahir Mehmood’s family stunned by poor quality of medical care when detainee complained of chest pains.

By Rhetta Moran and Kath Grant

/ 16 Jan 2015

Medical procedures changed after detainee’s death at Capita immigration lock-up

Coroner minded to make a ‘Report to Prevent Future Deaths’ in the case of Tahir Mehmood as medical care by UK government outsourcers comes under scrutiny at Inquest.

By Rhetta Moran and Kath Grant

/ 12 Jan 2015