A report into a patient's death highlights a mental health team's 'lack of professional curiosity'.
An NHS mental health trust has apologised after a woman in its care took her own life after repeatedly calling funeral directors telling them she was planning to kill herself.
An internal ELFT patient safety investigation report said those managing her care "did not take sufficient account of her diagnosis of autism in terms of care planning and communication". It noted "a lack of professional curiosity in relation to the patient, for example, evidence she may have active suicide plans which were not explored".Katie had told ELFT staff she had a drink problem and her normally tidy flat had become littered with broken glass and blood.
Two months before she died, Katie had been transferred out of an intensive support service called Care Programme Approach which she had been in since becoming an adult. His mental health declined after he was moved from supported accommodation to independent living in Bedford after he turned 18.
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