needs outside brighton. michael buchanan, bbc news, sussex. if you ve been affected by any of the issues in that report, details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call forfree, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 998. a man has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after he was found responsible for the death of a 93 year old fellow resident at a care home. alexander rawson, who was suffering from mental health issues, beat eileen dean to death with a walking stick at the home in south east london. the court heard rawson will be detained in a secure psychiatric unit, possibly for the rest of his life. us prosecutors have described ghislaine maxwell as a sophisticated predator ,
if you could imagine a mental health ward with no staff, that was kendal court. margaret winter s daughter, robin rocklin, was placed in kendal court, after applying for emergency housing in brighton. a mature student, she was deemed vulnerable due to mental health problems, which deteriorated at kendal court. just three weeks after being placed in the block, she took her own life. i don t think she really wanted to die. i read her facebook messages. in one of them, she said, i don t want to die i just don t know how to live . they should recognise that some people need more help than just a bed. at least ten kendal court residents have died since 2016, the most recent, earlier this month. the people here often have complex needs, psychiatric or drug and alcohol problems. once you re put here, and you get to see the people that are here and what goes on, it s like it s a dumping ground. leon rose has lived here for 18 months, after being released from prison.
while he s grateful for the accommodation, like many others, he feels isolated from his family in brighton. there is no point putting someone somewhere and just forgetting about them. when you put someone somewhere, and it s temporary accommodation, surely you ve got to be there to help them to move on, to progress to better premises? being moved out of area is - exceptionally difficult for people. dr tim worthley is a brighton gp who has cared for some of those who lived in the city but died elsewhere. we ve had people often moved out of area with severe - mental health needs, with heart failure, - or with terminal cancer. we have people on the phone with us, sobbing, really, - desperate for them to be moved back into the area so they can receive - the care and support that they need. brighton and hove council say they have a larger homeless population than they can accommodate within the city. they rejected claims that kendal court was unsuitable for accommodating people, and say tha
more than 370 people have died after a powerful storm struck the philippines was that the philippine red cross has described scenes of complete destruction after the typing flattened homes and schools and hospitals will stop many central and hospitals will stop many central and southern regions remain cut off with communication lines down. brighton and hove city council has been accused of dumping vulnerable people, after several deaths in temporary accomodation outside the city. the council has moved hundreds of homeless people out of the area, removing them say experts from vital support. one of those who died had mental health issues, and took her own life. brighton says it doesn t usually place people with serious need outside its catchment area. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan has the details. this is kendall court, a block of 5a bedsits that brighton council use to accommodate homeless people. it s ten miles outside the city, in newhaven, and the council