The Government will make a decision "in the coming days" as to whether to hold a public inquiry into mental health failings after investigations found three teenage girls died following "multifaceted and systematic" failures at a North East mental health trust.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, health minister Maria Caulfield also apologised to the families of Emily Moore, 18, Christie Harnett, 17, and Nadia Sharif, also 17. The three girls all died between June 2019 and February 2020 and had been inpatients at West Lane Hospital under the care of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust (TEWV).
The minister said three independent reports published this week and laying bare the litany of failings which led to each girl's death made "painful reading", Teesside Live reports. She described the tragic incidents as "completely unacceptable".
