Three girls died after major failings in NHS mental health care, inquiry finds

Three girls died after major failings in NHS mental health care, inquiry finds ‘Systemic’ failures at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust found to have contributed to self-inflicted deaths

Three teenage girls died after major failings in the care they received from NHS mental health services in the north-east of England, an independent investigation has found.

“Multifaceted and systemic” failures by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS trust contributed to the young women’s self-inflicted deaths within eight months of each other, it concluded. The Guardian

See also:

• An independent investigation into the care and treatment of Nadia in West Lane Hospital by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust 
• West Lane: Teenagers died after failures at 'unstable' hospital BBC News
• West Lane Hospital: Staff concerns 'ignored' at Middlesbrough site BBC News
• Damning probes into how THREE teenage girls were allowed to kill themselves in hospital The Daily Mail
• Who were the girls who died after NHS mental health service failings? The Guardian
• West Lane report: 120 failings found in care of three teenagers who took lives in trust's hospitals ITV News
• West Lane: Families slam 'hell hole' mental health hospital after damning report ITV News