Sara’s Story: The diary of a teenager who died in the mental health system

“I’m Broken Inside: Sara’s Story” Sara's diary

Sara’s Story: The diary of a teenager who died in the mental health system

Panorama’s Peter Marshall Sara Green, 17, died as a result of self-harming as an in-patient in a mental health unit. BBC Panorama was given access to Sara’s diary that she kept, showing how she was failed by the child and adolescent mental health system in England. If you are affected by any of the issues […]

Mental health deaths under-reported, says charity

The only certainty is that current reporting of deaths is confused and incomplete. The NHS places nearly half of all its young psychiatric patients in private psychiatric units and these are not subject to FoI requests.

Mental health deaths under-reported, says charity

BBC Panorama By Peter Marshall A charity for bereaved families is demanding the government investigates the way deaths of young people in mental health units are recorded. Research by Inquest suggests at least nine young people have died in England as in-patients since 2010. Health Minister Alistair Burt told BBC Panorama he didn’t know the […]

Two mothers whose children died after cries for help were ‘ignored’ demand overhaul of mental health services

Deborah Cooper and Martina Brincat-Baines have launched a campaign to improve provision for troubled teenagers, criticising the government for ‘inadequate’ funding for young people in the midst of a crisis

Two mothers whose children died after cries for help were ‘ignored’ demand overhaul of mental health services

BY: TODD FITZGERALD Martina Brincat-Baines, mum of Kesia, and Deborah Cooper, Tyler’s mum   Two mothers whose suicidal children died after their cries for help were ‘ignored’ have joined forces to demand an overhaul of mental health services – and more cash to help vulnerable youngsters. Deborah Cooper and Martina Brincat-Baines have launched a campaign […]

Why Manchester’s mental health cuts are an absolute disgrace

The city's mental health trust is expected to axe £1.5m in services this morning. Here's why all of us should be outraged

Why Manchester’s mental health cuts are an absolute disgrace

 BY: Jennifer Williams When cuts have gone on this long, there is a danger they can start to look a bit samey, to barely pass as news. A million from this service. Two million from that. This council has shrunk by this percent. This other public body is about to fall over. But there are […]

Colourful tributes to woman ‘failed by mental health system’ at bridge where she fell to her death

Natasha Wise, 22, had faced an 18-month battle to get counselling for depression

Colourful tributes to woman ‘failed by mental health system’ at bridge where she fell to her death

BY: SAM YARWOOD Friends of a young woman who fell from a bridge and died after being ‘failed’ by mental health services have created a mural in her memory. Natasha Wise was found dead at the foot of a bridge over the Fallowfield Loop in Whalley Range on Tuesday, just hours after celebrating her 22nd […]

Former mental health worker blasts NHS after death of Natasha Wise and says she was failed by the system

Natasha's dad says she was in A&E at least four times with injuries from self-harm, yet nothing was done despite them begging for a faster process

Former mental health worker blasts NHS after death of Natasha Wise and says she was failed by the system

BY TODD FITZGERALD ,  SAM YARWOOD Natasha Wise   A former mental health worker says a young woman who fell to her death after an 18-month battle for counselling for depression was failed by the system. Natasha Wise died after plunging from a bridge in Whalley Range on Tuesday, just hours after celebrating her birthday. The 22-year-old, […]

Father criticises mental health services after daughter’s death

She needed treatment. She was a very poorly girl and we begged them. Literally begged them. – ALAN WISE, NATASHA'S FATHER

Father criticises mental health services after daughter’s death

ITV NEWS REPORT Natasha Wise Photo:   The father of a young woman who killed herself this week after waiting months for counselling for depression has criticised mental health services in Manchester. Natasha Wise, 22, left a series of heartbreaking Facebook posts before falling to her death from a bridge in Whalley Range on Tuesday. She […]

Seven questions the Manchester Mental Health Trust refused to answer following the death of Natasha Wise

A full investigation has been launched after Natasha Wise battled for more than a year to get counselling for depression

Seven questions the Manchester Mental Health Trust refused to answer following the death of Natasha Wise

BY: SAM YARWOOD Natasha Wise A full investigation has been launched into the care of a young woman who plunged to her death after an 18-month battle to get counselling for depression. Natasha Wise, 22, died after falling from a bridge in Whalley Range on Tuesday, just hours after celebrating her birthday. Her family claim she was […]

William and Kate meet mental health campaigner and the man who stopped him jumping off Waterloo bridge

Royals met man behind #FindMike - who tried to track down a passer-by who stopped him leaping to his death

William and Kate meet mental health campaigner and the man who stopped him jumping off Waterloo bridge

BY:SEBASTIAN MANN   The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met a mental health campaigner and the man who saved him from taking his own life as they championed efforts to prevent suicide. Jonny Benjamin started the #FindMike search in 2014 to find an unknown passer-by who stopped him leaping to his death from Waterloo Bridge […]

NHS is to blame for 400 suicides a year due to failure to get a grip on epidemic of mental health problems, shocking report reveals

• NHS Review will call on David Cameron to invest £1 billion in mental health • Poor NHS management blamed for mental health epidemic by a taskforce • Experts concerned about psychological issues among many

NHS is to blame for 400 suicides a year due to failure to get a grip on epidemic of mental health problems, shocking report reveals

  By GLEN OWEN AND MICHAEL BLACKLEY FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Hundreds of lives are being needlessly lost to suicide every year because of the Government’s failure to get a grip on a modern epidemic of mental health problems, a landmark report has found. An official NHS review will call on David Cameron to invest […]