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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 […]
Billericay girl, 12, tragically takes her own life after ‘struggling’ with mental health, inquest hears
She was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at hospital. A 12-year-old Essex girl tragically took her own life after ‘struggling’ with mental health issues, an […]
Mental health nurse who ‘sexually abused’ teenage patient at Priory Hospital in Chelmsford told her he could ‘save’ her
The allegations against Choon Hock Khek were found to be credible, and included severe sexual assault towards a teenage patient. A mental health nurse at […]
Well-loved Essex man sent heartbreaking text to sister before being hit by train in Manningtree
An Essex man sent a heartbreaking text to his sister before being hit by a train near an Essex train station, an inquest has heard. […]
Families launch court case in bid for Statutory Public Inquiry into deaths
By Rebecca Thomas | 11 May 2021
Superb summary of what’s wrong in mental health services across our nation.
I’ve left comments on this post open. Let me know if you agree with this guy. The piece was recorded in 2014. We are now […]
Families take a stand as Ofsted reinspects SEND services
FAMILIES desperate for their voices to be heard stood in solidarity yesterday as Ofsted begun their re-inspection into Southend’s SEND services. PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION […]
Families stand in solidarity in Southend.
05/05/2021 Too many of our kids have been failed and many more will loose their lives if we don’t force the changes needed. Credit Southend […]
Government urged to ‘do what is right’ over mental health deaths
Families whose relatives died at the Linden Centre in Essex have received the backing of a Labour MP who has called on the Government to […]
