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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 […]

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 […]

CAN YOU SPARE A FEW MINUTES TO WRITE TO YOUR MP?
Mental health services have been failing nationally so so many families. I’m just a mum who is trying to find answers after her own sons […]

The death of Matthew Leahy: ‘Eight years on and my son has not had justice’
Investigations surrounding the death of Matthew Leahy while in NHS care have been reopened. The nursing regulator has reopened fitness to practice cases into three […]


Matthew Leahy death: Mother calls for public inquiry
A mother fighting for seven years to find out why her 20-year-old son died by hanging at a mental health unit has called for a […]

Justice for Matthew petition reaches 100k. ‘Thank you! You have been amazing, now the fight continues’.
To all Havering Daily Readers and many thousands of supporters nationwide. Melanie Leahy has been campaigning for 7 years to date. Asking for truth, accountability and change after the death of her only son Matthew […]

Ombudsman calls for national review of former NHS Trust’s failure to keep patients safe
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has today called for a national review into years of potential failings to ensure patient safety at the North Essex Partnership University NHS […]

New true crime podcast looks at Essex Mental Health scandal
ESSEX-based TV producer and true crime podcast host Naomi Channell has spent the last sixmonths working with families, ex-patients and experts on a new podcast […]

Essex man who was refused admission to mental health ward two days before death was neglected by NHS trust, inquest concludes
A coroner has ruled that he was neglected by the NHS trust An Essex man who expressed wishes to end his life multiple times but […]

Family calls for Essex mental health inquiry to include mother’s death
Exclusive: Andrea Waddington, who went three months without NHS psychiatric appointment, died after inquiry cut-off date A man whose mother killed herself after going three […]

‘Mental health patients are dying as inquiry officials twiddle their thumbs’
The UK’s largest-ever investigation into mental health services moves to the next stage this week, but bereaved relatives fear more patients will suffer by the […]


Sophie Alderman inquest: Nurse describes days before young woman’s death on mental health ward
Sophie Alderman’s observations had been downgraded from six checks an hour to just one, a jury heard. A young woman who died on an Essex […]

Woman ‘always put on brave face’ before tragic death while being treated on mental health ward, inquest told.
Woman ‘always put on brave face’ before tragic death while being treated on mental health ward, inquest told. A father was told a mental health […]

Sophie Alderman: Death of young woman in Essex mental health ward to be examined at inquest
Before HM Assistant Coroner Tina HarringtonCourt Room 2, Chelmsford County Hall – Seax HouseVictoria Rd S, Chelmsford CM1 1QH Opens 10am 2 April 2024Scheduled for 9 […]

Bereaved families continue to wait for Essex mental health inquiry
Terms of reference have yet to be approved by ministers, leaving relatives frustrated Grieving relatives have accused ministers of delaying an inquiry into the deaths […]

I have 20 strokes a week, and I’m falling through the cracks of the NHS
READ Daisy Simpson suffers from at least 30 different health conditions, but her unique needs are not met by any single NHS trust A woman […]