Posted: Friday, 4 January 2019 @ 13:43
An sad article which illustrates the growing trend of care homes/hospitals to be sued.
Susannah Anley was 34 when she suffocated herself with a plastic bin liner at the Woodlands psychiatric hospital in April 2008.
She was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder in 2000 and was admitted to the Woodlands after several suicide attempts. Sussex Police have now launched an investigation into her death as well as those of Michael Stevens, who was found hanged at The Meadowfield Hospital in Worthing in November 2008, Sergeant Richard Bexhell and John Blair, who were found hanged at the Woodlands unit in August and October respectively.
It is revealed that Mrs Anley's widower Mark has spoken out, claiming her death was avoidable and accusing Sussex Partnership NHS Trust of treating him "appallingly."
Both families have instructed lawyers.