Ellis Murphy-Richards. (TDOR/Trans Lives Matter)
Trans teen Ellis Murphy-Richards told a counsellor he was experiencing suicidal thoughts just hours before he died.
Murphy-Richards had been receiving care from North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) under the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) before his death, an inquest in Maidstone heard this week.
On 30 September, 2020, Ellis Murphy-Richards told a care co-ordinator at Seashell’s Children’s Centre that he had attempted suicide the night before and that he had continued to experience suicidal thoughts.
The service told his family that the teenager – who was just 15-years-old at the time of his death – should be taken to A&E.