An inquest into the death of a teenager being treated at a mental health unit in Prestwich will be delayed "several months" after the NHS trust in charge was ordered to produce a report into the incident.
Charlie Millers, 17, died five days after he was found unresponsive in his room at Prestwich Hospital on December 2, 2020 - just weeks after 18-year-old Rowan Thompson died whilst being treated at the same hospital. A few months later, Ania Sohail, 21, also died at the hospital, making her the third young person to die after being treated at Prestwich Hospital in nine months.
Now, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), who run the site, have been ordered to commission an "external report" about all three deaths by NHS England. A pre-inquest review held at Rochdale Coroner's Court today, March 8, heard that the inquest into Charlie's death could be delayed by "several months" due to this report.
