Another new Preventing Future Deaths report, after the tragic death of Stephen Richardson in Liverpool relates to a shortage of acute psychiatric beds.  Stephen was a 47-year old man at the time of his death and had suffered with (treatment resistant) schizophrenia since he was 18-years old.  Leading up to the 24th May 2019, he […]

There are several preventing future death reports of interest to us in a recently published batch on the Chief Coroner’s website, so there will be a few posts in coming weeks to cover them.  The first relates to the sad death of Heather Findlay in London in 2020: her inquest concluded earlier this month (June […]

Nicola Norman died by suicide in January 2020 and following her inquest at the end of last year, His Majesty’s Coroner has issued a Preventing Future Death report, just published.  In the weeks leading to her death, Nicola rang a “Single Point of Access” (SPA) crisis line and she did so on more than one […]