Mr Tarry added: “Each death was preventable and arose from systemic failures in the provision of mental health care services in Essex.”
He wants to see the establishment of a Statutory Public Inquiry, “a truly independent expert” as chair and scope of the inquiry to expand the whole Essex area.
Mr Tarry said: “As a Government Minister, you owe this to these families, who have suffered so much, and to the country.
Melanie Leahy with son Matt Picture: SUPPLIED BY FAMILY
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“Those who are in the care of mental health services should not fear being abused or being neglected by incompetent or ruthless actors, surely a scarce minority in our extraordinary NHS system, but still present.”
Exclusive: Police apologise to TV costume designer restrained during mental health crisis
Kelly Frost said she was robbed of quite a few years of my life due to the trauma inflicted by her arrest
4 April 2021 • 6:00am
Kelly Frost said she suffered flashbacks as a result of the ordeal
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A TV costume designer has received an apology and a payout from Scotland Yard after officers who believed she was being drunk and disorderly pinned her down for 46 minutes during a mental health crisis.
Kelly Frost described how she was “robbed of quite a few years of my life” due to the trauma inflicted by her arrest and overnight detention in London in 2011.
The families suggest that it is not appropriate to have the NHS investigating itself, nor is it independent of the NHS’ interests.
A letter from the Government’s head of public inquiries, reviews and litigation team to Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors, who represent the families, reads: “We are instructed that the Minister’s position is that she stands by her decision to hold a non-statutory inquiry.”
The Government also stands by Dr Strathdee conducting the inquiry.
The letter adds: “The Minister does not consider that any of the matters raised in your correspondence give rise to any arguable appearance of bias.”
Air pollution from traffic fumes contributed to the death of a Lewisham nine-year-old girl who died of a fatal asthma attack, a landmark ruling has found. Ella Kissi-Debrah is believed to be the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate, following the ruling by assistant coroner Philip Barlow at a second inquest into her death. Mr Barlow also said there was a recognised failure to cut levels of pollutant nitrogen dioxide to within limits set by EU and domestic law, which possibly contributed to her death. It marks the culmination of a long battle by Ella s mother, Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, to have the role of air pollution in her daughter s death recognised.
The role of air pollution in Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death: key questions answered
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16 December 2020, 6:09 pm
A landmark ruling has found air pollution contributed to the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah who suffered a fatal asthma attack in 2013.
– What happened to Ella?
The London schoolgirl, who lived 25m from the busy South Circular road in Lewisham, was an active and healthy baby, according to her mother, but in the thee years before her death she suffered multiple seizures and was in hospital 27 times.
She was seen by consultants at six hospitals in the years before her death and had tests for epilepsy, but doctors eventually concluded her condition was purely respiratory.