Daughter calls for inquiry after 'missed opportunities' before dad's death
The daughter of a man who died after being released from a Middlesbrough psychiatric hospital the same day that he was admitted has called for a public inquiry.
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Phoebe joined The Northern Echo in September 2022 and covers news in County Durham, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and North Yorkshire.
Phoebe joined The Northern Echo in September 2022 and covers news in County Durham, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and North Yorkshire.
The daughter of a man who died after being released from a Middlesbrough psychiatric hospital the same day that he was admitted has called for a public inquiry.
Politicians have sprung to action after The Northern Echo published an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for an inquiry into goings on a scandal-hit North East mental health trust after a spate of troubling deaths.
The Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys mental health trust has responded after an open letter was sent to the Prime Minister in a plea for a public inquiry after a "catalogue of failures".
57-year-old Pamela Brown, from Redcar, died in September 2019. She took her only life at Saltburn cliffs after absconding from the psychiatric hospital whilst on ten minutes of unescorted leave.
A mother has called for a public inquiry into the healthcare trust she believes “drove her daughter to her death”.
A review of one-punch attacks is expected to be conducted by the Government following lengthy campaigning by a Conservative MP whose father was killed by a single blow when she was 13.
A much-anticipated new archive and history centre for County Durham will open in June, after set backs saw it delayed.
A man has been arrested for failing a roadside drug test after his lorry overturned on the A1 motorway in North Yorkshire today (Wednesday, May 15).
Workers at Richmond Court, a care home in Crook, are tackling Rosebery Topping after a bus breakdown left them struggling to take their residents on days out.
A number of families of North East patience under the care of Tees Esk and Wear Valley Trust have written a letter to the Prime Minister calling for a public inquiry.
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