Rebecca McLellan, 24, struggled to receive the care she needed at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust amid ‘the biggest deaths crisis’ in NHS history.
The article by Mario Ledwith writes that ‘on the last occasion Rebecca McLellan’s close relatives saw her alive, they were struck by just how well she was — engaging, laughing and telling jokes during a celebratory family gathering.’
‘But just weeks later the popular trainee paramedic, pursuing the job she had dreamed of as a child, took her own life at the age of 24.’
‘Amid the devastation felt by her loved ones, serious questions have now emerged about the standard of care she received at an NHS trust recently deemed the country’s worst.’
‘In notes recorded before her death last November, McLellan said that Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) had “abandoned” her in a time of need. An internal investigation has now been launched by the mental health trust, which has been dogged by safety concerns for more than a decade.’