A 14-year-old boy with autism and anorexia locked himself in his room and scheduled an email to tell his mum he had taken his own life, an inquest heard. Henry Tucker's family had struggled for support while the NHS was stretched by the demands of the Covid pandemic.
The inquest was held two days short of the first anniversary of Henry’s death. The hearing was told that the teenager had twice been fed by a nasogastric tube – once after being detained under the Mental Health Act - but hated the hospital environment and healthcare professionals had found it difficult to communicate with him.
On the day of his death, Henry scheduled a suicide note to be emailed to his mother at 9pm. By the time she received it and broke into his locked bedroom at Wentworth Way, Woodhall Spa, her efforts to revive him with CPR were futile.
