She stayed home from school, and a mental health team member visited that afternoon.
She told the nurse that she “did not want to be in the family home and would rather go to prison, and would harm herself or others if she had to stay at home.”
The nurse then contacted a safeguarding team and made a referral to social services.
Ms Wood noted that this decision was made after the nurse left Ella’s home, and no urgent action was taken to admit Ella to hospital or alert social services about removing her from the home.
Ella was later found by her mother in her room.
Paramedics were called and performed chest compressions on her before she was rushed to King’s College Hospital in London, where she died on November 15, 2023.
