The family of a man who took his own life while in the care of a psychiatric hospital have branded failings in his treatment as a "disgrace".
Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, which runs the unit and is currently rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, admitted to failings at Niall's inquests.His family say failure to check his notes indicated a "broken system". She said their son Archie had really struggled with his dad's death, suffering with nightmares, separation anxiety and struggles to sleep.Joanne Tyrell, his mother, and Katie Loughman, Niall's partner, have branded his treatment a "disgrace".
The dad, had a long history of depression and complex mental health needs, had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and was a patient on Mulberry Ward at Park House psychiatric unit. But the new ward manager and psychiatrist failed to check his notes and he was put on one in every 15 minute observations.Solicitor Ruth Bundy, who represented Niall's family at his inquest, says the failure to check his documents was a basic error."It would have taken very few minutes at least to run your eyes down and see what kind of observations he'd been on, what sort of care he'd been given before and why, and then that care could have been continued.