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A SELF-GUIDED snorkel trail is due to launch in Bouley Bay this week as part of an ongoing initiative to give Islanders an insight into Jersey’s ‘mesmerising’ marine environment.The trail, created by Blue Marine Foundation in partnership with t. ....
SERIOUS questions are being asked of a hospital trust that inquests have found failed patients under their care, two of which took their own life. Recent inquests into the death of Lauren Braithwaite, 27, who took her own life in March 2020 and Emma Beth Goulding, 24, who died in April 2020 after attempting to hang herself. Both were treated for mental health issues by the Dova Unit based at Dane Garth at Furness General Hospital, and both were deemed to have been failed by the mental health unit. Both families raised their concerns about their care during the inquests, and Miss Goulding’s father, James, had expressed his belief that ‘neglect’ brought about his daughter’s death. Coroner Ms Kirsty Gomersal concluded this was not the case but stressed that neglect had a very specific meaning in a coroner’s court and was a rare finding for a coroner to make. ....
WORRYING figures from Cumbria Police have revealed a rise in suspected suicides across the county during the pandemic last year. Experts have warned that the long-term impact of Covid-19 on mental health is likely to be long-lasting and profound, with large numbers of people suffering increased isolation during lockdown and economic hardship through pandemic-related job losses. Though there is not yet formal evidence of more Cumbrians committing suicide last year, the latest statistics suggest this may be the case. Following a Freedom of Information Request, Cumbria Constabulary has confirmed that in first 11 months of 2020, the force’s officers were called to 78 sudden deaths which were suspected suicides. Twenty related to people under 35. In 2018, the force were called to 55 suspected suicides. ....
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