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Inquest finds neglect contributed to the death of 31-year-old man who took his own life hours after being discharged by hospital mental health team
Jamie Harding, of Essex, died on 4 June 2022 when he deliberately fell from the fifth-floor window of his brother’s flat. An inquest into his death has concluded that there were a series of “significant and repeated failures” on the part of Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (‘EPUT’) in the six months preceding his death, along with an “inadequate” assessment performed of him at Basildon Hospital a few hours before he died.
Lawyers at Leigh Day welcome today’s Government announcement that it will set up a new Infected Blood Expert Group
Lawyers at Leigh Day, who represent around 300 people affected by the contaminated blood scandal, have welcomed the news that the Government is to set up a new Infected Blood Expert Group.
A lack of independent advocacy contributed to a 22-year-old mother taking her own life after her baby was taken into care, an inquest has found
The lack of an independent advocate on a regular, consistent and continuous basis for a 22-year-old mother whose baby was taken into care contributed to her decision to take her own life, an inquest has found.
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