or taking an overdose. then, last year, abigail was taken to hospital following an attempted suicide. but rather than being given a psychiatric bed, she ended up being sedated in intensive care. as they woke her up from the sedation, she then spent another week, just over a week in intensive care because there still wasn t any children s beds. and, at the time, there was people dying of covid in there. and it was just a really scary time for her. abigail s care comes under the norfolk and suffolk mental health trust, the worst performing trust in the country. today, hospital inspectors rated it inadequate once again. they found that care on the psychiatric ward for children and young people had deteriorated so severely, it had to be closed to new admissions. that support in the community for children and young people and adults was inadequate.
because the intensive care unit was the only safe place to keep her. abigail s care comes under the norfolk and suffolk mental health trust, the worst performing trust in the country. today, hospital inspectors rated it inadequate once again. they found that care on the psychiatric ward for children and young people had deteriorated so severely it had to be closed to new admissions. that support in the community for children and young people and adults was inadequate. and that crisis care was so poor it was putting patients at risk. local campaigners and bereaved families estimate over the past nine years 1000 patients have died unnecessarily. caroline aldridge s son tim was bipolar and had complex needs. he died in 2014 while waiting for an appointment at the age of 30. ifind it really for an appointment at the age of 30. i find it really heartbreaking to sit with people who are newly bereaved and people find their way to me and hear their stories of how they ve just lost someone real
deal with these issues when they come up. deal with these issues when they come u -. . ~ deal with these issues when they come u. ., ~ ,, deal with these issues when they comeu. . y deal with these issues when they comeu. . , . an nhs mental health trust, seen as the worst in england, has been warned it must improve or face further action after failing another inspection. the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust has been rated inadequate by the care quality commission in its latest report. the trust has apologised but local campaigners claim at least i,ooo lives have been lost unnecessarily due to poor services. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. abigail henry is autistic and has poor mental health. but her family says her condition worsened when the help she was getting from the community mental health team was cut. i mean, it s got to be about 15 times that her life has seriously been in danger. the other times are cries for help, or like self harming, or taking
sophie hutchinson reports. abigail henry is autistic and has poor mental health. but her family says her condition worsened when the help she was getting from the community mental health team was cut. i mean, it s got to be about 15 times that her life has seriously been in danger. the other times are cries for help, or like self harming, or taking an overdose. then, last year, abigail was taken to hospital following an attempted suicide. but rather than being given a psychiatric bed, she ended up being sedated in intensive care. as they woke her up from the sedation, she then spent another week, just over a week in intensive care because there still wasn t any children s beds. and, at the time, there was people dying of covid in there.
just over a week in intensive care because there still wasn t any children s beds. and, at the time, there was people dying of covid in there. and it was just a really scary time for her. abigail s care comes under the norfolk and suffolk mental health trust, the worst performing trust in the country. today, hospital inspectors rated it inadequate once again. they found that care on the psychiatric ward for children and young people had deteriorated so severely, it had to be closed to new admissions. that support in the community for children and young people and adults was inadequate. and that crisis care was so poor, it was putting patients at risk. local campaigners and bereaved families say many have been harmed by the poor care. they estimate over the past nine years, there have been 1,000 unexpected deaths. caroline aldridge s son, tim, was one of them. he was bipolar