Connor Sparrowhawk: no risk assessments before teenager's death, tribunal finds

Connor Sparrowhawk: no risk assessments before teenager's death, tribunal finds Dr Valerie Murphy faces sanction after tribunal finds further failings over death of 18-year-old who drowned at NHS unit

A senior psychiatrist failed to carry out any risk assessments on an epileptic teenager before he had a seizure and drowned in a bath, a medical tribunal has found.

Dr Valerie Murphy was the lead clinician responsible for treating Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, who died in an NHS care unit in Oxford on 4 July 2013. Continue reading... The Guardian