tony, for me, is a wonderful, warm person. there s something bigger. bigger personality trying to get out. he s crying out for a friend. hello, everybody. tony only his family on one of these once a week two hour visits. but when they leave, he doesn t interact with anyone other than his carers. phil knew tony for two and a half years between 2015 and late 2017 and recalls a man eager to connect but whose life was spent almost entirely in solitary confinement. i was told initially when i began working there that he was kept alone because he was. he could be violent and he was a risk and it couldn t be further from the truth. tony, is this delightful person, just stuck inside a body where he finds it difficult to communicate with the world. but it s not impossible.
go out was this man. he got his basic needs met. he was fed almost like an animal. fed, watered, and cleaned. and beyond that. if anything happened beyond that, wonderful. if it didn t, then it was still ok. tony was taken care of. phil devine worked with tony between 2015 and late 2017, and he wants to tell his parents about their son s care. tony had very little on his ward. i mean, in terms of things to stimulate him, engage him or anything like it. i mean, what has he got in that room? a bed and a table. 0h, his only interaction - with anyone was that door. to knock and kick if. he wanted somebody. they said to us, here is a care plan. and it wasn t a care plan. it was at so and so time in the morning, tony will get his breakfast. at so and so time, get him dressed. at so and so time, make sure
tony had very little on his ward. i mean, in terms of things to stimulate him, engage him or anything like it. i mean, what has he got in that room? a bed and a table. 0h, his only interaction with anyone was that door. to knock and kick if he wanted somebody. the hospital back then was run by a company called the huntercombe group, which offered assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. but phil says he saw tony decline. they said to us, here is a care plan. and it wasn t a care plan. it was at so and so time in the morning, tony will get his breakfast. at so and so time, get him dressed. at so and so time, make sure he s got his bed made, et cetera, et cetera. that s just a daily schedule. but it s not. that s not a care plan. it sjust detainment. i mean, he s not alone or nothing, is he? when my son left home, he used to make us a cup of tea in bed and everything. lost all them skills. that stuns me. he was never allowed to make a cup of tea.
now s the time to shout about tony, to make his. to give him a voice. because he needs it. a little bit of redemption for myself to say, yeah, he has a chance to actually step back in and do something that might result in a much more fulfilling life. phil devine ending that report, from jayne mccubbin. a man has pleaded not guilty to murdering the conservative mp sir david amess. ali harbi ali, who s 25 and from north london, is accused of the stabbing during a constitutency surgery in leigh on sea in essex, in october. at a hearing at the old bailey, he also denied preparing acts of terrorism. the date for his trial has been set for the 21st of march. rescuers reaching islands in the philippines that had been cut off by last week s devastating typhoon have discovered scores of bodies in some of the worst hit villages.
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