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This text appears to be part of a news article describing serious failings at a mental health trust (TEWV) that provided care to young people, including accounts from former patients and families of those who died, as well as details of investigations and legal consequences.
### Summary:
– There was previously an independent inquiry, commissioned by NHS England, into the mental health trust’s treatment of young patients, which published its report in 2023.
– The inquiry looked in particular at the deaths of three young women — Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif (17), and Emily Moore (18).
– Findings supported claims of excessive and inappropriate restraint, staff being told not to intervene during self-harm episodes, and management tolerating failings.
– The trust apologized and claimed to have made significant improvements, but families and former patients fear that lessons have not been adequately learned even three years later.
– A statutory public inquiry has been welcomed by bereaved families and former patients. This inquiry will have stronger legal powers to investigate.
– Laura Kenny, a former patient diagnosed with an eating disorder at 13, describes staff reacting to self-harm by shouting, ignoring, or quickly restraining her and others, often using sedation as a way to “shut you up.”
– Christie’s stepfather Michael Harnett recalls staff pinning her down, sedating her, and then ignoring her, even when covered in blood.
– All three young women died within eight months up to February 2020; coroners have yet to determine full circumstances.
– The trust was prosecuted by the Care Quality Commission in 2024 and fined £215,000 for safety failings linked to Christie’s death and another woman’s.
– The trust pleaded guilty to failing to provide safe care and exposing patients to avoidable harm.
– Campaigners for a public inquiry include Michael Harnett and David Moore, Emily’s father.
– David Moore stated that the failures likely extend beyond just these three deaths, indicating systemic problems within the trust.
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