Mental Health
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The BBC has reported that: “deaths, staff shortages and a culture of life-threatening self-harm are exposing deep fears about the quality of mental health care in hospitals for children and...
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When a family loses a loved one to suicide there is usually no wrongdoing involved. Sadly however, there are occasions whereby someone dies as a result of suicide whilst under...
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Sharon Allison, partner and head of medical negligence at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a five-figure settlement for the parents of a vulnerable man who drowned after suffering an epileptic seizure...
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Ashtons Legal partner Sharon Allison has assisted The Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) through contributing towards a guide to consent, confidentiality and information sharing in mental healthcare and suicide prevention. Sharon...
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Following the tragic suicide of 18-year-old Edward Mallen in 2015, his father, Steve Mallen, made a promise to his son at his funeral that he would investigate the failures in...
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A patient experiencing a mental health crisis was detained in an ambulance for 12 hours as a result of there being no space inside of a Cambridgeshire hospital. The patient...
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An inquest is to investigate the death of a young Cambridge man, who took his own life after being under treatment for a mental disorder. James Nowshadi, aged 23, was...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £10,000 for a woman who suffered both physically and psychologically as a result of avoidable delays...
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Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021. It is so important to recognise when an individual needs support and to fight to help them receive that support....
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Around one in five women are affected by perinatal mental illness. These issues can often have long-last effects on the woman, the child and the wider family. This week (Monday...
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A children’s mental health unit that was closed by inspectors in 2019 following the deaths of two girls is to reopen next week under a new name. Nadia Sharif and...
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A man whose dental treatment over a six-year period left him with severe mental health issues has received £24,000 in compensation. Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal,...
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