Suzanne Brown killing: Review recommends mental health changes at Essex Police
A review of a case where a man stabbed his partner 173 times has concluded a formal process was needed for police to notify health […]
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Melanie Leahy still wants truth of Linden Centre incident
THE mother of a patient who died in the care of a mental health trust says the fight for the truth still goes on. The […]
CALL FOR STATUTORY PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE DEATHS, ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF PATIENTS UNDER THE CARE OF ESSEX MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LEADS TO DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT ON MONDAY 30TH NOVEMBER
A successful petition led by Melanie Leahy and signed by over 105,000 people, has secured a parliamentary debate into what appear to be calamitous failings within NHS […]
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 […]
Essex Health Trust admits care failures in deaths of patients
A mental health trust has pleaded guilty to failures of care involving the deaths of 11 patients. The Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) accepted it […]
Mental Health Trust pleads guilty to failings over eleven patient deaths in Essex
Thursday 12 November 2020, 2:53pm A mental health trust in Essex has pleaded guilty to safety failings after the deaths of 11 patients involving fixed […]
Essex Health Trust admits care failures in deaths of patients
A mental health trust has pleaded guilty to failures of care involving the deaths of 11 patients. The Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) accepted it […]
Matthew Leahy: mother rejects independent inquiry into death of 20-year-old son at Essex mental health unit
Melanie Leahy had been calling for a statutory public inquiry, which would have compelled witnesses to give evidence on oath, and is ‘shocked’ at decision […]
“Broken” mum of patient killed by train demands “answers” to how he left ‘secure’ unit
EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Booroff’s son Jayden, 23, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act for his own safety but was found dead at Chelmsford station four […]
Linden Centre: Mum ‘cannot comprehend’ how son fled mental health unit
A woman said she could not comprehend how her “talented” son absconded from a mental health unit and was hit by a train, four days […]
