North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

High numbers of patient suicides seem to suggest a very worrying pattern with this mental health unit, suggesting it may not be learning from its mistakes. Patient safety should be of primary concern.


{ Up to 20 deaths at an NHS-run mental health unit are being investigated as part of a police inquiry, the BBC has learned. It follows fresh investigations into the death of Matthew Leahy, who was found hanged at Linden Centre in 2012. His mother, Melanie Leahy, said her talks with Essex Police suggested the cases had taken place in the last 17 years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39975971

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