Hospital failings continued after Alice Figueiredo death, leaked documents show
Summary
Leaked documents show that after the death of Alice Figueiredo at a London mental health unit, similar hospital failings were repeated. Another patient attempted self-harm in a similar way months later, raising concerns about the hospital's safety measures and reporting procedures.Key Facts
- Alice Figueiredo died by self-harm in July 2015 at Goodmayes Hospital.
- She attempted to harm herself 18 times before, mostly using items from a shared toilet.
- Four months after her death, another patient also attempted self-harm in the same way but survived.
- The North East London Mental Health Trust did not remove items like bin bags that could be used for self-harm until after these incidents.
- The internal report by the Trust showed major under-reporting of self-harm incidents in their risk management system.
- Only 17.2% of self-harm incidents during Alice's time on the ward were recorded in the system.
- The Trust and its former ward manager are awaiting sentencing for failing to keep Alice safe.
- The report found issues like staff shortages and poor management on the ward.
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