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Weglopen blijkt hardnekkig probleem in Den Dolder
Escaping appears to be a persistent problem in Den Dolder
The Hague - At the much-discussed mental health care clinics in The Dolder, it has happened thirty times in the past three months that a patient did not return, or did so too late, after his or her leave.
This emerges from figures that De Telegraaf requested from the Ministry of Justice and Security. This is the first time that it has become clear how often patients there are staying away without authorisation. VVD, PVV and PvdA are worried and demand clarification from Minister Dekker (Legal Protection).
Treatment centre Wier and the Forensic Psychiatric Department (FPA) in Den Dolder have been under a magnifying glass for some time after incidents. For example, during his stay at the FPA in Den Dolder in 2017 Michael P. was given a lot of freedom, which enabled him to kill Anne Faber.
In the spring, patient Peter M. disappeared after a leave of absence. According to his family he was very dangerous. There is a great deal of unrest in the area. Since the beginning of June, Fivoor's institutions are obliged to report daily to the Ministry of Justice and Security about patients who do not stick to the agreed leave period.
From these data it appears that one third of the offenders have been placed in Den Dolder because of a punishment. The other patients who did not return or returned too late were treated there without a criminal title. One of the missing patients has still not been found. The patient disappeared on 27 August after unaccompanied leave.
According to a spokeswoman for Fivoor, it is difficult to say how long the other patients have stayed away. "It all depends on the individual case. We look at each patient when we report it to the police and the ministry, sometimes after half an hour and sometimes after a day." Fivoor has no evidence that the permit-breakers have been involved in incidents in the past three months, she says. "In addition, they were mainly low-risk patients, and two medium-risk patients."
The majority of these are unique cases, on a patient population of approximately 150 in Den Dolder. "These numbers do not frighten us, they are also part of it. We make a careful risk analysis beforehand," according to the Fivoor spokeswoman.
Nevertheless, information about these 30 missed patients was not only passed on to the department, but also to the police and the municipality. The spokeswoman is unaware of how the number relates to other institutions. "It is difficult to get good figures on this."
VVD Member of Parliament Van Wijngaarden: "These numbers are huge and that worries me." PVV Member of Parliament Markuszower even thinks that the minister is complicit when 'life-threatening tbs'ers go wrong'. "Dekker now knows it's all wrong and does nothing. He himself is now the greatest danger."
According to PvdA Member of Parliament Kuiken, the figures show that it is not about incidents 'but that the people treated there are structurally too easily able to evade supervision'. "That's disturbing."
Minister Dekker does not want to respond. His spokeswoman does report that talks are being held with Fivoor about ways to keep the number of runaways as low as possible.
BBM
Escaping appears to be a persistent problem in Den Dolder
The Hague - At the much-discussed mental health care clinics in The Dolder, it has happened thirty times in the past three months that a patient did not return, or did so too late, after his or her leave.
This emerges from figures that De Telegraaf requested from the Ministry of Justice and Security. This is the first time that it has become clear how often patients there are staying away without authorisation. VVD, PVV and PvdA are worried and demand clarification from Minister Dekker (Legal Protection).
Treatment centre Wier and the Forensic Psychiatric Department (FPA) in Den Dolder have been under a magnifying glass for some time after incidents. For example, during his stay at the FPA in Den Dolder in 2017 Michael P. was given a lot of freedom, which enabled him to kill Anne Faber.
In the spring, patient Peter M. disappeared after a leave of absence. According to his family he was very dangerous. There is a great deal of unrest in the area. Since the beginning of June, Fivoor's institutions are obliged to report daily to the Ministry of Justice and Security about patients who do not stick to the agreed leave period.
From these data it appears that one third of the offenders have been placed in Den Dolder because of a punishment. The other patients who did not return or returned too late were treated there without a criminal title. One of the missing patients has still not been found. The patient disappeared on 27 August after unaccompanied leave.
According to a spokeswoman for Fivoor, it is difficult to say how long the other patients have stayed away. "It all depends on the individual case. We look at each patient when we report it to the police and the ministry, sometimes after half an hour and sometimes after a day." Fivoor has no evidence that the permit-breakers have been involved in incidents in the past three months, she says. "In addition, they were mainly low-risk patients, and two medium-risk patients."
The majority of these are unique cases, on a patient population of approximately 150 in Den Dolder. "These numbers do not frighten us, they are also part of it. We make a careful risk analysis beforehand," according to the Fivoor spokeswoman.
Nevertheless, information about these 30 missed patients was not only passed on to the department, but also to the police and the municipality. The spokeswoman is unaware of how the number relates to other institutions. "It is difficult to get good figures on this."
VVD Member of Parliament Van Wijngaarden: "These numbers are huge and that worries me." PVV Member of Parliament Markuszower even thinks that the minister is complicit when 'life-threatening tbs'ers go wrong'. "Dekker now knows it's all wrong and does nothing. He himself is now the greatest danger."
According to PvdA Member of Parliament Kuiken, the figures show that it is not about incidents 'but that the people treated there are structurally too easily able to evade supervision'. "That's disturbing."
Minister Dekker does not want to respond. His spokeswoman does report that talks are being held with Fivoor about ways to keep the number of runaways as low as possible.
BBM