Paula Halliday had not seen her two young girls after an incident in October 2021 and in several cases had taken overdoses and said she wanted to end her life. The 33-year-old, who was born in Buckinghamshire, where her family still lives, was being monitored by mental health services at the time, LancsLive reports. An investigation into her death at the Preston Medical Examiner’s Court on Thursday (April 28th) revealed that there had been “failures in her care”. Paula, an assistant nurse working for the Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals, began seeing Amy Cooper in September 2021. READ MORE: TK Maxx employee explains why buyers should always look for the number “2” written on price tags “I called the crisis team once when she texted me at night because she was just next to me and I did not know what to do,” said Miss Cooper. “He drank a lot, every day. In October 2021 something happened in London and she was quite injured by it. “She saw someone from the mental health team every week and they called her every other day to check on her, but she was disappointed with them and said they did not listen. She always saw someone different, so she kept looking at what was happening every time and found it. very sad “. Samantha Ferguson, a host at Lancashire Care that is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust that provides mental health services, admitted that there have been several failures in Paula’s care. The investigation found that the team was not prepared to start any psychiatric treatment or medication until Paula was able to reduce her alcohol consumption. “Deliveries were not always complete and risks were not always discussed,” she said. “It was sporadic. Some people had to look through the notes to get acquainted with her. She saw a lot of different people in her face-to-face dates, which is not ideal. “What we wanted to be better was not necessarily more face-to-face appointments, but better documented phone calls and the ability to escalate higher risk data. “And more face-to-face contact would be expected, given the high level of risk.” The study, which involved a large number of Paula’s friends and relatives, found that various changes in the trust had taken place, including plans to increase staff and issue stricter instructions when delivering patients during morning appointments. Staff are also trained on the importance of clinical curiosity, clinical history documentation, and risk assessments. Claire Gibson, a nursing consultant at LSCFT, apologized to Paula’s family for the lack of care. He added: “I want to apologize because there have been some failures and I’m really sorry.” On the morning of January 13 this year, Miss Cooper had gone to Pola’s house to pick her up and take her to work. Although Paula had not responded to any of her texts, this was “normal” given how much Paula had drunk. Amy then entered the house in Morecambe where she found Paula dead. He had left a series of notes, including one that simply said, “My time has come.” Returning to the conclusion of the suicide, the district medical examiner Richard Taylor said that he was satisfied that Paula had taken a deliberate action in order to end her life. “Of course she was at high risk and her frustration that she did not receive the treatment she wanted is understandable,” he added. “In the notes she left she did not go crazy. It was studied and studied. The fact that so many people are here today shows how much she misses and loves her.” A GoFundMe page created after Paula’s death raised 30 730 for her NSPCC name. Friends of her posted their tributes in the comments with one describing her as a “very special person” while another said she was a “beautiful lady”. Subscribe to the Mancunian Way newsletter to get an in-depth look at the biggest stories from our area every day Read more related articles Read more related articles
