Hospital failings continued after Alice Figueiredo death, leaked documents show

"It's shocking and distressingthat this was still going on four months after Alice died,"

"The bin bags could and should definitely have been removed, but instead patients continued to be put at unnecessary risk."

"it is committed to learning from every incident and continuously improving"

Leaked documents reveal that Alice Figueiredo, a 22-year-old patient at Goodmayes Hospital run by North East London Mental Health Trust, attempted self-harm using plastic or bin bags on 18 occasions and died on her 19th attempt in July 2015. Four months later a different patient on Hepworth ward attempted self-harm with a bin bag and survived. An internal inquiry received an email detailing the November incident after Alice's parents complained. Campaigners, former patients, families and ex-staff report persistent problems including poor management, inadequate record-keeping, flawed risk assessments and staff shortages over a decade. NELFT says bin bags have been removed and that it is committed to learning.

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