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Fatal police shooting: Mental health care given to Jerrim Toms under scrutiny during inquest

Fatal police shooting: Mental health care given to Jerrim Toms under scrutiny during inquest

The officers who shot Jerrim Toms were unaware of his history of mental health issues. Photo: Provided A 29-year-old mentally ill man shot dead by police – including eight shots fired as he fled – was a ‘brilliant, genuine and honest’ man, whose condition deteriorated with methamphetamine use, according to a coroner’s inquest heard today. …

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Three girls died after major lapses in NHS mental health care, inquest finds

Three teenage girls have died after major lapses in the care they received from NHS mental health services in the North East of England, an independent inquest has found. The “multifaceted and systemic” failures of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS trust contributed to self-inflicted deaths of young women within eight months of …

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