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Hodge Jones & Allen Advocates for Bereaved Families in Statutory Inquiry into Essex Mental Health Care Failures
Talk TV, Trisha Goddard interviews Priya Singh from Hodge Jones & Allen Watch the full interview with Trisha Goddard on TalkTV at 1:47:20 Leading law firm Hodge Jones & Allen…
Growing Number Of Families Seek Justice Ahead Of Essex Mental Health Statutory Inquiry
Growing number of families seek justice ahead of Terms of Reference consultation period for Essex Mental Health Statutory Inquiry Hodge Jones & Allen now represents 119 clients looking to participate…
Priya Singh, Senior Associate speaks to Trisha Goddard about Essex Mental Health Statutory Public Inquiry
On Saturday, television presenter Trish Goddard invited campaigner Melanie Leahy and her solicitor Priya Singh onto TalkTV to speak about the Government’s announcement, last week, to give statutory powers to the…
Campaigners’ Victory As Statutory Public Inquiry Into Essex Mental Health Failings Announced
80+ families backed by Hodge Jones & Allen campaigning for answers about Essex mental health failings that left relatives dead or harmed welcome announcement by Health Secretary Steven Barclay. The…
Campaigners’ Echo Chair’s Renewed Plea For Statutory Public Inquiry Into Essex Mental Health Care
Families campaigning for answers about Essex mental health failings that left relatives dead or harmed have backed a further push by Dr Geraldine Strathdee to upgrade the current proceedings to…
Leading Mental Health Charity SANE Joins Call For Statutory Public Inquiry Into 2,000 deaths At An NHS Trust In Essex
Leading UK mental health charity SANE has joined the longstanding campaign calling for a statutory public inquiry into 2,000+ deaths of patients of Essex Mental Health Services. The deaths occurred…
Campaigners march on Westminster in continued call for Statutory Public Inquiry into mental health care in Essex
Families of those who have died or been seriously impacted by mental health care failings in Essex will march on Westminster tomorrow, Tuesday 28th June 2022 at 11:45 a.m. The…
Essex NHS Trust fined £1.5 million for 11 deaths of mental health patients
Multiple deaths of mental health patients and continued failures by Essex NHS Trust results in £1.5 million fine but families questions remain unanswered The Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust…
“If the government wants people to think they actually care about mental health, they need to listen to the 67 families in Essex who have suffered / lost loved ones, not ignore them”
The families of 67 individuals who died or were severely mistreated whilst in the care of mental health services in Essex have had their most recent plea for a statutory…
Government continues to deny families full Statutory Public Inquiry into ‘calamitous’ failings in Essex mental health services, despite appointment of Dr. Alex George as mental health ambassador
Robust review into mental health services that led to more than 30 deaths will become another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic unless the Government acts now Campaign backed by MP’s,…
Care Quality Commission Inspection Report reinforces need for Statutory Public Inquiry into Essex Mental Health Services
The recently published Care Quality Commission report that came out last week includes direction to Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust to make improvements to its psychiatric intensive care units.…
Nina Ali, HJA Partner continues fight with families for Statutory Public Inquiry into Essex Mental Health Services
Melanie Leahy and other members of the 53 families will take their campaign to Downing Street today and deliver a letter expressing their disappointment directly to the Prime Minister, after…
Over 50 Families affected by ‘calamitous’ failings of NHS mental healthcare services in Essex reject Government offer of ‘toothless’ independent inquiry
Renewed calls stress the importance of a Statutory Public Inquiry into the deaths, abuse, and exploitation of patients under the care of Essex mental health services Families of patients failed…
Mother whose son died in Essex mental health unit left ‘upset and angry’ after conversation with Minister ahead of Parliamentary debate on Monday 30th November
Families of affected patients join together to express importance of a Statutory Public Inquiry into the deaths, abuse, and exploitation of patients under the care of Essex mental health services…
Call for Statutory Public inquiry into the deaths, abuse and exploitation of patients under the care of Essex mental health services leads to debate in Parliament on Monday 30th November
A successful petition led by Melanie Leahy and signed by over 105,000 people, has secured a parliamentary debate into what appear to be calamitous failings within NHS Mental Health Services…