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Shildon teen’s traumatic treatment contributed to death, inquest finds

This article contains details of suicide and self-harm

A teenager took her own life in part because of treatment and trauma caused by her mental health care, a jury has found.

Emily Moore, from Shildon, fatally injured herself at Lanchester Road Hospital in Durham days after her 18th birthday in February 2020.

Concluding a four-week inquest, jurors said failings by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) included Emily’s traumatic experiences at West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough, which was “chaotic and unsafe”.

County Durham and Darlington Coroner Crispin Oliver said some of the problems were being dealt with and a public inquiry would delve further into the issues.

The inquest had heard Emily was detained at TEWV’s West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough in March 2019, two years after she first began having mental health problems.

She was diagnosed with emerging emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) and needed consistency in her care to reduce her risk of self-harming, the inquest heard.


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