Exclusive I felt my heart beating out my chest : Daughter speaks of heartache after dad s suicide
THE daughter of a man who took his own life has spoken out about the heartache of losing her dad following a battle with his mental health. Kevin Clark passed away one year ago today, aged 49. The Castlemilk man had suffered from mental health issues for years, explained his daughter Jasmine, who spoke out ahead of the one-year anniversary of her dad’s death.
Kevin Clark The 25-year-old said: “I wasn’t feeling well that afternoon and I had went for a nap. My sister had phoned me, and she was just screaming down the phone. I was telling her to calm down because I didn’t know what she was trying to tell me.
Amy at Leverndale A MENTAL health support service set up to ease pressure on A&E is going to become a permanent fixture post-pandemic following its success. In March last year teams at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and the area’s Health and Social Care Partnerships set up new units to provide specialist care and treatment to those facing a mental health crisis. It was hoped that by setting up the new Mental Health Assessment Units (MHAUs), pressure on emergency departments (EDs) would decrease and those needing help would be seen more quickly. Now, the pioneering approach will continue and patients who present to EDs or through the Scottish Ambulance Service or Police Scotland, are transported to dedicated MHAUs at Stobhill and Leverndale hospitals.
Scott Docherty, from Glasgow, was just 32 when he passed away on January 7. He is survived by his sons Layton, 7, and Jaxon, 4. His devastated mum, Linda Docherty, and sister, Sharon Walker, described Scott as “infectious” and “hard to forget”. Both of them are calling for better mental health support for anyone who needs it.
Scott’s step dad Tony Noble, mum Linda Docherty, sister Sharon Walker and father William Docherty in front of Ibrox Stadium, where there were tributes to the dad-of-two Sharon, 40, said: “It was my first day back at work after having Covid and a friend of Scott’s had been trying to contact me to say Scott’s phone wasn’t on.
PATIENTS in need of urgent mental health support are now being sent to other hospitals instead of Inverclyde s A&E. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde have set up new mental health assessment units as part of their wider response to emergency care during the pandemic. Those presenting with a crisis or in distress are now assessed in the specialist units, as opposed to going to the local accident and emergency. Details of the shift were contained in a report which was requested by the local health and social care committee in response to the widespread public concern over recent changes to intensive care at IRH.