Laura Winham lay dead in her flat for three years before her brother discovered her body
Photograph: Hudgell Solicitors/PAPhotograph: Hudgell Solicitors/PAThe family of a severely mentally ill woman who lay dead and undiscovered in her flat for more than three years said they were unable to have any contact with her because of privacy laws.
, despite her disability benefits being stopped and her gas cut off. She also failed to reply to letters, phone calls, texts, or answer the door. “She didn’t want contact with us,” her sister Nicky told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme. “She refused contact from the mental health team with her family, which she was allowed to do, which prevented doctors from speaking to us, or hospitals.
The family said they took the “very difficult decision” to limit their contact with her as it put her under “enormous stress”.When he died they continued to visit her flat.He said they were about to leave when he decided to check one more time. He peered through the letter box and saw his sister.
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