"Contributed A woman who took her own life while on a mental health ward had been threatened and bullied by staff, her family told a public inquiry. Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford, run by the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) mental health services provider, when she died there in her bathroom on 1 March 2014. Her children gave evidence to the Lampard Inquiry, which is examining more than 2,000 deaths at NHS-run inpatient units in Essex between 2000 and 2023."
"Mrs Scott initially agreed to a three-week "quick fix" inpatient stay in August 2013 after suffering from "unmanageable anxiety", her children said. However, her condition worsened during six months on the ward and her family told the inquiry of what they considered to be "failings" regarding her care plan, treatment by staff, the ward and risk management, which they believed contributed to her death."
""She just said I was being a paranoid daughter and nothing was going to happen on that ward," Ms Johnson told the inquiry, being held at Arundel House in London. "She went so far as to say if you didn't calm down you'd end up on the ward as well," added Rachel Troup, counsel to the inquiry."
Iris Scott, aged 73, died by suicide in a bathroom at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford on 1 March 2014 while under the care of the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Her children reported staff threats and bullying, including threats to keep lights on to prevent sleep and deliberate blocking in corridors. Mrs Scott agreed to a three-week "quick fix" admission in August 2013 for "unmanageable anxiety," but her condition worsened over six months. Her family identified failings in her care plan, staff treatment, ward conditions and risk management that they believe contributed to her death. EPUT said it would "build on the improvements that have already been made over the last 24 years."
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