James Melley

1 week ago | bbc.com | Alison Holt |James Melley

Under-fire NHS trust recorded patient ate breakfast three days after he diedAlison Holt & James MelleyBBCCarole Charles's husband Winbourne's death is one of 20 involving the same NHS hospital trust where coroners have raised serious concernsAn NHS mental health trust, recently found guilty of serious failings in the care of a young patient who took her own life, has had serious concerns raised over the deaths of 20 other patients over the last 10 years, the BBC has found.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | James Melley |Alison Holt

We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truthJames Melley and Alison HoltFamily handoutAlice's family say she had a big personality and a passion for artWARNING: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicideThere didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the phone. "Alice asked me to bring her some snacks for the next time we visited," Jane says.

Dec 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Alison Holt |James Melley

A young woman was told by a member of staff at a mental health hospital in London that she would “go to hell” if she took her own life, a court has heard. Alice Figueiredo, 22, was being treated on the Hepworth ward at Goodmayes Hospital, part of the North East London Foundation NHS Trust (NELFT), when she killed herself in July 2015.

Nov 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Melley

Alice Figueiredo died at Goodmayes Hospital in 2015 [Family handout]A former health care assistant on a ward where a young woman took her own life using a bin bag has told a jury they continued to be used there after her death. Alice Figueiredo was 22 when she died at Goodmayes Hospital in Redbridge, north-east London, in July 2015. She had been detained on the unit since February of that year, in which time the court was told she had tried to harm herself 18 times with bin bags found on the ward.

Nov 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Melley

Alice Figueiredo died at Goodmayes Hospital in 2015 [Family handout]A hospital patient tried to harm herself with a bin liner the year before she took her own life at the same unit, a court has heard. Alice Figueiredo, 22, was being treated on the Hepworth ward at Goodmayes Hospital, a mental health hospital in Ilford in east London, when she died in July 2015.