A man has been rushed to hospital as emergency services were scrambled to Sale after a dog attack. Police were called to reports of concern for the welfare of a man at 3.20pm on Tuesday, June 25, on the corner of Urban Road and Washway Road.
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A vulnerable woman with mental health illness died after she 'absconded' from a supermarket while on 'accompanied leave' from a hospital with a support worker.
Hayley Cowan, 29, who was detained under the Mental Health Act at Prestwich Hospital, ran away when both her and the support worker she was with went to the toilet at the nearby Tesco store in Prestwich, Bury. She was found dead the next day 'having used drugs at a friend's house where she had gone to', a report reveals.
A coroner has subsequently said there's a 'lack of consistency' as to how 'accompanied leave' and 'escorted leave' are defined. As a result, she's written to the Department of Health and Social Care and Home Secretary James Cleverly to 'prevent future deaths'.
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Ms Cowan died on June 4, 2022. An inquest jury at Rochdale Coroner's Court found she died as a result of misadventure with a medical cause of death confirmed as an 'adverse event arising out of mixed drug use'.
The now-published Prevention of Future deaths report, by Manchester North coroner Joanne Kearsley, said Ms Cowan had been detained under the Mental Health Act since July, 2021, after she set fire to her flat. She's described as having a a 'long history of involvement with mental health services' and had previously been detained.
Ms Cowan was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and ADHD. She was described in the report as a risk to herself and others and also had a 'long history of illicit drug use'.
She was detained at the Edenfield unit within Prestwich Hospital, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. It's the region's largest mental health provider and has
A man has been rushed to hospital as emergency services were scrambled to Sale after a dog attack. Police were called to reports of concern for the welfare of a man at 3.20pm on Tuesday, June 25, on the corner of Urban Road and Washway Road.
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