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s being made on her treatment, and that she wasn’t being listened to.
On 31 July, Alice was found unresponsive in her room. She was taken to King George Hospital, where she died two days later.
Aninakwa was dismissed from his role while NELFT carried out internal investigations.
“I just feel we need to have empathy for the individuals who are being cared for in the medical profession,” Max says. “We need to accept that they’re human beings.”
Welcome changes to the system are being considered in the wake of Alice’s death, and after the conclusion of the trial, her family are calling for stronger regulation of mental health units.
“If Alice was let down in this particular situation, it’s only right to think how the next person might be potentially affected,” Max says.
For Jane, the trial has been about laying out the scale of the failures in Alice’s care. But it’s also been about holding Aninakwa to account and highlighting the system-wide issues within the Trust.
“It’s important to call out that individuals who are working in the medical profession, their duty of care is of paramount importance,” she says.
“I think we are failing and we’re failing too many individuals.”
For now, Alice’s three sisters, Emma, Isobel and Matilda, are the main focus for the external changes her family would like to see. They are hoping to see mental health care that is kinder and safer, where patients are listened to and not just processed.
“For us, the key thing would be making sure that human rights and dignity are upheld,” Jane says.
The journey leading up to the trial has been incredibly painful for Alice’s family, but they hope it will bring some comfort knowing they have done everything in their power to seek justice for her.
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