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A jury today revealed its conclusions following an inquest into the death at Prestwich Hospital of teenager Charlie Millers. Jurors determined Charlie had not intended to take his own life and identified failings in his care.
They said a lack of one-to-one, constant nursing care likely 'contributed to his death'. The jury determined Trafford council services did not communicate with each other effectively enough and did not provide Charlie's mum the 'practical support' she needed as his mental health worsened, without enough help in the community.
They also said he should have been the subject of a Care Protection Plan.
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Jurors said Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust's observation system, where staff checked on Charlie during his stays on wards including at the time he was fatally injured, was 'not robust enough' and was undertaken 'inconsistently at best'.
The 17-year-old trans boy, from Stretford, died five days after he was found unresponsive in his room on mental health unit Junction 17 at the site of the former Prestwich Hospital, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH) late in the evening of December 2, 2020.
Charlie was found completely unconscious with injuries caused by a ligature. At the time, he was on a strict observation regime where he was supposed to be checked on every five minutes, heard the court.
Charlie's medical cause of death was a hypoxic brain injury. The jury said ADHD, mixed conduct and autism spectrum disorders, and an emerging emotionally unstable personality disorder, were background features to his medical cause of death and self-harm was a symptom of his mental health
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