Christie Harnett (pictured), 17, and a young mother identified as Patient X, both took their own lives while under the care of Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust.
Two suicidal patients took their own lives after receiving inadequate care from a hospital trust which presided over wards which were 'chaotic and unsafe.'
But her carers still failed to properly monitor her or remove items that could have been used as ligatures, Teesside magistrates court heard. Another patient raised the alarm when water was seen to be flowing under the locked door and the teenager was discovered soon afterwards by staff. She died later in intensive care without regaining consciousness.'Between the ages of 15 and 17 Christie spent 603 out of 752 nights in hospital.
'In essence the Trust failed to put in place appropriate risk assessments and consequential risk control and mitigation measures and staff were not able to keep her safe.' On November 19th a member of staff looked into her room and saw the bathroom door was open with the light on but did not check inside.
He added: 'Observation sheets are demonstrative of an inadequate and inconsistent approach to conducting observations and a failure to embed its supportive observations procedure amongst its staff.'Michael Harnett, of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, Christie's step-father, told of a cheerful and smiling girl who loved to sing and take the stage at school productions.
On June 23rd 2019, following numerous and escalating suicide attempts, Christie succeeded in killing herself by hanging in a communal bathroom She said: 'The youngest was unable to comprehend it and still thought their mam could be coming home. Even now they still think their mam might come home.She added: 'The trust should have done better. They owed it to her and her children who now have to battle through life without their mam.
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