An attempt by Nadine Dorries to block a statutory inquiry into thousands of mental health deaths cost more lives, a bereaved mother has told the hearing.
Melanie Leahy campaigned for years for a public inquiry into the death of her 20-year-old son, Matthew, and hundreds of other people failed by mental health care in Essex. It finally began last week after a long battle with ministers, including Dorries when she was a health minister in the last government.
