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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

‘It might have been different’: how Norfolk and Suffolk NHS foundation trust is failing mental health patients

James stands with his arm around Lisa in the garden of their home
Lisa and James Woolnough at their home in Ipswich after the inquest into the death of their daughter, Ellie. Photograph: Jason Bye

Ellie Woolnough had the word “hope” tattooed on her arm. “It was all about hope,” Lisa, her mother, recalled at the end of an inquest into the suicide of her 27-year-old daughter.

Ellie, from Ipswich, had suffered from anxiety since she was a child and was later diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder. When she tried to take her own life in May 2022, her parents were desperate to find her treatment.

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