Mum calls for answers as mental health public inquiry gets tougher legal powers
Melanie Leahy tells us changes and answers need to come fast Picture Capital / Alamy Stock PhotoAuthor: Cameron GreenPublished 21 hours ago One of the […]
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Essex mental health deaths: Minister calls for staff evidence
A health minister has called for more staff to take part in an inquiry into deaths at a mental health trust. An independent review into […]
Inquiry into Mental Health Services in Essex
Today Sir John Whittingdale MP spoke in the Westminster Hall Debate, which was obtained by his colleague and fellow Essex MP, Vicky Ford, on the […]
Mother’s hard won parliamentary debate on deaths in mental health care to take place Monday
The mother of Matthew Leahy, who died whilst an inpatient in an Essex mental health ward, secured a parliamentary debate into deaths in mental health […]
Chelmsford Linden Centre: Man hit and killed by train after absconding from under-fire mental health unit
The government has announced a review into a series of deaths at the centre Chelmsford Railway Station A man was hit and killed by a […]
Debate in parliament as Essex petition is backed by more than 100,000 signatures
Melanie Leahy with her late son Matthew. Picture: Leahy family A bid for a public inquiry into deaths connected to mental health care will be […]
Families broken by loss of young men fear probe into deaths won’t go far enough
Richard Wade, who died in 2015 aged 30, and Matthew Leahy, who died in 2012 aged 20 Picture: SUPPLIED BY FAMILY A mum fears multiple […]
Mental health inquiry: Grieving mum’s pleas
A GRIEVING mum says a planned Government inquiry into a “series of tragic deaths” over a seven-year period “offers no confidence”. Melanie Leahy’s son Matthew […]
Matthew Leahy: Mother secures debate in Parliament over son’s death in NHS mental health unit
Matthew died aged 20 while in a mental health unit run by the NHS in Essex By Paul GallagherOctober 18, 2020 4:44 pm https://inews.co.uk/news/health/matthew-leahy-death-nhs-mental-health-parliament-debate-729318 A mother […]
