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A UK NHS trust was fined £565K after a 2015 inquest found systemic failures led to the suicide of 22-year-old Alice Figueiredo, who had bipolar and eating disorders.
A London NHS trust was fined £565,000 plus £200,000 in costs and a ward manager received a suspended prison sentence after a 2015 inquest and trial found systemic failures in the care of Alice Figueiredo, a 22-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and an eating disorder who died by suicide on a mental health ward.
The court heard that plastic items in communal toilets were not removed despite her 18 prior self-harm attempts, and warnings from her mother were ignored.
Judge Richard Marks KC called the ward a "death trap" and criticized the lack of risk assessment and staff response.
The case, delayed for ten years, highlighted serious lapses in patient safety, record-keeping, and staff accountability, prompting calls for urgent reform in mental health care.
Un fideicomiso del NHS del Reino Unido fue multado con £565K después de que una investigación de 2015 encontrara fallas sistémicas que llevaron al suicidio de Alice Figueiredo, de 22 años, que tenía trastornos bipolares y de alimentación.