She informed the nurse that she “would rather go to prison and would harm herself or others if she had to stay at home” and that she “did not want to be in the family home.”
After that, the nurse sent the patient to social services and got in touch with a safeguarding team. Ms. Wood pointed out that this decision was made after she had left Ella’s house,
And that neither an urgent hospital admission nor a social services consultation on Ella’s removal from the house were undertaken. Later, Ella’s mother discovered her in her room.
After being taken to Kings College Hospital in London by paramedics who performed chest compressions on her, she passed away on November 15, 2023.
Asphyxia from hanging was determined to be the cause of her death. A ‘failure’ to conduct a ‘sufficient’ risk assessment was the conclusion drawn by Ms. Wood.
She said that “she may have been removed from her home and may still be alive today” if action had been made to exchange information between the school, social services,
