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Evening Standard
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Rebecca Black

Bereaved mothers call for urgent action to fix mental health services

Kirsty Scott and Mary Gould, two bereaved Northern Ireland mothers (Rebecca Black/PA) -

A pair of bereaved mothers have called for urgent action to fix mental health services in Northern Ireland which they say failed their sons.

Kirsty Scott and Mary Gould were among the group of campaigners who have been backed by Melanie Leahy, who led a 13-year campaign for a public inquiry into more than 2,000 mental health-related deaths in Essex between 2000 and 2023.

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