One NHS Trust Corporate mangelopter has been approved after the death of a 22 -year -old woman in one of her mental health units.
Alice Figureo died on 7 July 2015 at the Gudmos Hospital in Redbridge, when he took his life. old Bailey Heard that Ms. Figureo had a history of self-loss, with more than 10 previous efforts.
North east london NHS The Foundation Trust (Nelft) was not found responsible for his death, but found that “the safety of the non-employee failed to ensure”.
53 -year -old ward manager Benjamin Aninkawa was approved for murder with gross negligence, but was found guilty of failing to take proper care for health and safety. Patient on the ward.
The jury heard that Ms. Figureo was a “bright and talented” woman, who was the head girl in her school and installed an advice system to support her comrades. His family said that he was loved for “warmth, kindness and joyful character”.
He was first admitted to the Hepworth Ward in May 2012, with gamblers, including non-specific food disorders and diagnosis,,, with gamblers.
During its time on the acute psychiatry ward, the trust failed to remove plastic items from communal toilets or keep them closed, even if it used to use objects to try to kill herself again and again.
He used plastic to harm himself with toilets on at least 10 previous occasions.
However, the court heard about eight more incidents, including MS Figuredo included a similar material before killing himself.
Suicide attempts were recorded in ward notes and other hospital records.
Annakwa, which was subject to a performance improvement plan, had failed to remove plastic which could be used for self-loss and failed to ensure that self-loss incidents were recorded, believed and addressed, the gamblers heard.
Aninkava and the trust denied wrongdoing but refused to give evidence.
The nurse refused to know about all previous suicide attempts and said what action he had taken, it was rejected by the management.
It was claimed on their behalf that the observation had increased to prevent the incidents of self -educational, which had reduced the fact that the plastic material was not removed and the communal toilets were not closed.
The trust also denied the knowledge of the events, claiming that the ward had not informed them.
The process of removing plastic from the communal toilet was complicated by infection control issues and prevented employees from exposed to dangerous materials in the compartment, such as needles.
The investigation into Ms. Figure’s death began in 2016, but the charge was not brought until September 2023.
The first corporate mangelotter trial against the NHS Trust collapsed after a judge’s decision at 2016, there was no case to respond.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust were accused of the death of 30 -year -old school student France Cappukini, who was the first prosecution of a healthcare body since he was introduced in 2008.
She went into a cardiac arrest and died on 9 October 2012 after an emergency Caesarean section at Tunbridge Wales Hospital in Pambari, Kent.
The decorated for corporate manuals is fined between £ 180,000 and £ 20 million depending on the size of the organization.
Judge Richard Marx Casey thanked the gamblers for his “immense hard work” and discharged him from the jury service for the rest of his life.
He thanked Ms. Figure’s parents for her appearance throughout the test, saying: “It speaks the volume for both of you, and the love you love for Alice.”
“I hope it offers some consolation and some off,” he said.
Reading a statement to journalists outside Old Bailey, Ms. Figure’s mother, Jane said: “Clearly, an injured animal would have received safe, more vigilant, compassionate care in the wats than in the Elis obtained in this ward.
“The last month of his life was a devastating list of inhumanity, sometimes cruelty, neglected experiences often lack compassion, vigilance and even basic humanity.
“It does not spend NHS hospitals and their employees to be kind, kind and hardworking within their duties.”
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