34 h. ago How I learned to be kind to myself and stop repeatedly doing chores

Jade accessed Wellbeing Works in Falkirk, funded by Falkirk Employability Training Unit, when she was struggling with her mental health. Here she describes how the service helped her

Politics

7 d. ago Mum says daughter, 12, who took her own life was "failed" by mental health services

Mia Lucas, who had an undiagnosed brain condition, took her own life after being sectioned at a mental health unit

Events

3 w. ago NHS trust fined after woman takes life in mental health unit

Alice Figueiredo’s mother has criticised staff for ‘indifference, ignorance, even at times cruelty’

Politics

3 w. ago Mother of woman, 22, who took her own life on hospital ward hits out at staff's 'indifference, ignorance and at times cruelty' as trust is fined £565,000

Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life in a mental health unit at Goodmayes Hospital, Redbridge, after more than 10 similar attempts.

Events

3 w. ago NHS trust fined £565,000 after woman killed herself on ‘death trap’ ward

Alice Figueiredo, 22, died in 2015 on the Hepworth ward at Goodmayes hospital after 18 similar attempts to self-harm A woman whose daughter killed herself on a “death trap” mental health ward in London has called for urgent change after an NHS trust was fined more than half a million pounds.Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life at Goodmayes hospital, Redbridge, after 18 similar attempts. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Bereaved mother demands change after NHS trust fined over ‘death trap’ ward

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was fined £565,000 plus £200,000 costs after being found guilty of breaching health and safety.

Events

3 w. ago London NHS trust fined £500k over death of young woman who took her own life

Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life in a mental health unit at Goodmayes Hospital, east London

Economics

3 w. ago Scots nurses hacked off teenager's hair and forced her into "suicide smock" at mental health unit

Sadie McKenzie claims she has been left traumatised by her treatment when she was admitted in 2020 at the age of just 15.

Society

3 w. ago Two care workers charged after police probe into Edenfield Centre mental health unit

Described by police as a nurse and a support worker, they will appear in court next year

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3 w. ago Care workers charged after alleged mistreatment at mental health unit

BBC’s Panorama filmed patients allegedly being mistreated at an NHS mental health facility

Economics