The Priory is a Private Mental Health Group and they have been Fined £300,000

The Priory have been fined £300,000 because they have breached the safety laws regarding the death of a 14 year old girl. The girl was called Amy El-Keria and she was treated in the psychiatric hospital in Sussex. She was deemed as being very high risk and she also had a strong history of suicide attempts too. She died in the care of the trust just 12 weeks after being admitted. She had been left unsupervised and she was also left with the means of attempting suicide. An inquest has been done and they found that the death could in fact have been prevented if she had been given a higher level of appropriate care. The private mental healthcare group was charged, and a criminal investigation was launched.

This is a historic decision to say the least and a lot of it is because of Amy and her family. They are all fighting for justice in her name and they are also trying to put in the work to try and make sure that the same does not happen to other people. The healthcare service now needs to pay a fine and they also need to pay a victim surcharge too. Trevor Torrington is the head of the Priory group and he has repeated the company’s apology to Amy’s family. This is shocking news to say the least but it does happen to shed a lot of light on what is happening right now and it is safe to say that more needs to be done in order to give more people who are in need some kind of support. If you work in homecare or private nursing then this is of special importance.

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The Priory is a Private Mental Health Group and they have been Fined £300,000

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