5 d. ago Plan to move patients to Paisley nursing home not connected to hospital ward closure

Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) said its new “intermediate service” would cater to people who are medically fit to leave hospital but who require rehabilitation before returning home.

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6 d. 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.

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6 d. 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...

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6 d. ago Woman who 'predicted own death' dies in London hospital as NHS manager sentenced

Alice Figueiredo, 22, was found dead on a ward at Goodmayes Hospital in east London in July 2015 after suffering from bipolar disorder and an eating disorder - an inquest later ruled she had taken her own life

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9 d. ago ‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her

Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?I remember so clearly the moment it dawned on me that the mental health ward where my teenage daughter was being treated felt like little more than a prison. Ruth had been so trusting. So had we. That all changed the day she was moved from our local hospital to Thames Ward at Huntercombe hospital in Berkshire. When we left, she walked so easily down to the hospital transport with me and the play therapist – who hugged her tight and waved goodbye. When the van door opened at the other end, the stark building loomed over us. We were met and escorted up a flight of stairs and through the double, air-locked, doors, one slamming closed behind us, the person with the keys waiting for the first lock to click before ...

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1 week ago Health chiefs confirm Paisley hospital ward will close this month

Medics have said the elderly care ward will shut within weeks, representing a loss of 22-beds at the hospital

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3 w. ago Woman who tried to kill her mother on hospital ward jailed for three years

Susan Hardwick, 65, was found by staff forcing pillows on the face of her 89-year-old mother, Joan, at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

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3 w. ago You can stay overnight in the most haunted castle in Wales with an old child hospital ward

Visitors have reported hearing the sounds of children's laughter, sightings of ghostly figures, and even the eerie sound of bouncing balls in the dead of night

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3 w. ago You can stay overnight in the most haunted castle in Wales with a former child hospital ward

Visitors have reported hearing the sounds of children's laughter, sightings of ghostly figures, and even the eerie sound of bouncing balls in the dead of night

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